Mediation of attachment of Burkholderia pseudomallei to human pharyngeal epithelial cells by the asialoganglioside GM1-GM2 receptor complex

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 473-475

  Gori, Ahmad Hamid ^a,b   Ahmed, Kamruddin ^a   Martinez, Glenda ^a   Masaki, Hironori ^a   Watanabe, Kiwao ^a   Nagatake, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ministry of Health   (Chad)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; FRUCTOSE; GALACTOSE; GANGLIOSIDE GM1; GANGLIOSIDE GM2; GANGLIOTETRAOSYLCERAMIDE; MANNOSE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BINDING AFFINITY; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CELL ADHESION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032841852     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.473     Document Type: Article

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