Differential effects of gamma interferon on Chlamydia trachomatis growth in polarized and nonpolarized human epithelial cells in culture

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2349-2351

  Kane, Colleen D ^a   Byrne, Gerald I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL LINE; CELL POLARITY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 0031954149     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.5.2349-2351.1998     Document Type: Article

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