Cell vacuolization induced by Helicobacter pylori VacA toxin: Cell line sensitivity and quantitative estimation

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-115

  De Bernard, Marina ^a   Moschioni, Monica ^a   Papini, Emanuele ^a   Telford, John ^b   Rappuoli, Rino ^b   Montecucco, Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CHIRON VACCINES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytotoxin; Helicobacter; Neutral red; Vacuolization

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYTOTOXIN; NEUTRAL RED;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL DENSITY; CELL TYPE; CELL VACUOLE; HELA CELL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL COUNT; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOTOXINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HELA CELLS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; NEUTRAL RED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VACUOLES;

HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0032440124     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(98)00140-4     Document Type: Article

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