Host cell interactions and signalling with Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 62-70

  Naumann, Michael ^a   Rudel, Thomas ^a   Meyer, Thomas F ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CERAMIDE; CYTOKINE; DIACYLGLYCEROL; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTEGRIN RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PORIN; PROTEOHEPARAN SULFATE; SPHINGOMYELIN; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VITRONECTIN;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL DEATH; CELL INVASION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; IMMUNOPOTENTIATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0033061307     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(99)80011-3     Document Type: Article

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