Isolation and characterization of a human neutrophil aggregation defective mutant of Fusobacterium nucleatum

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 241-246

  Guo, Ming ^a   Reynolds, Homer ^a   Stinson, Murray ^a   De Nardin, Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation defective mutant; Fusobacterium nucleatum; Human neutrophil; Neutrophil aggregation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL AGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTANT; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMANS; MUTATION; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033967515     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(99)00191-1     Document Type: Article

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