Chlamydial Infection in Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Knockout Mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1282-1286

  Igietseme, Joseph U ^a   Perry, Linda L ^b   Ananaba, Godwin A ^c   Uriri, Ijindah M ^a   Ojior, Omegbhai O ^a   Kumar, Shantha N ^a   Caldwell, Harlan D ^b  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c SPELMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOS2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; INTERFERON TYPE II; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II;

EID: 0032038632     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.4.1282-1286.1998     Document Type: Article

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