Attachment of group B streptococci to macrophages is mediated by a 21- kDa protein

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 89-97

  Smith, L Mary ^a   Laganas, Valerie ^a   Pistole, Thomas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Bacteria; Group B streptococci; Macrophage; U937 cell

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL ADHESION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELL LINE; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MONOCYTES; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0031961221     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(97)00110-7     Document Type: Article

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