Chemotaxis in pathogenic spirochetes: Directed movement toward targeting tissues?

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 355-364

  Lux, Renate ^a   Moter, Annette ^b   Shi, Wenyuan ^a  

^a UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLAGELLUM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE INACTIVATION; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIROCHETE; TARGET ORGAN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CHEMOTAXIS; HUMANS; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0033765049     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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