Infection of primary human bronchial epithelial cells by Haemophilus influenzae: Macropinocytosis as a mechanism of airway epithelial cell entry

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 4161-4170

  Ketterer, Margaret R ^a   Shao, Jian Q ^a   Hornick, Douglas B ^b   Buscher, Ben ^a   Bandi, Venkata K ^c   Apicella, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CELL INTERACTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOSKELETON; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LAMELLIPODIUM; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROVILLUS; PINOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0032768538     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.8.4161-4170.1999     Document Type: Article

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