Susceptibility to apoptosis is reduced in the microsporidia-infected host cell

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1999, Pages

  Scanlon, Mary ^a   Leitch, Gordon J ^a   Shaw, Andrew P ^a   Moura, Hercules ^b   Visvesvara, Govinda S ^b  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; MICROSPORUM; PATHOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CELLS, CULTURED; FIBROBLASTS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; LUNG; NOSEMA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SPORES;

MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORUM;

EID: 0033199698     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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