Nonopsonic phagocytosis of group C Neisseria meningitidis by human neutrophils

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1028-1036

  Estabrook, Michele M ^a,c   Zhou, Daoguo ^b   Apicella, Michael A ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Mail Stop 8A ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPSONIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SIALIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DOWN REGULATION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEUTROPHIL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIALYLATION;

EID: 0031911175     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.3.1028-1036.1998     Document Type: Article

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