Macropinocytosis as a mechanism of entry into primary human urethral epithelial cells by Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1696-1699

  Zenni, Michael K ^a   Giardina, Peter C ^b   Harvey, Hillery A ^b   Shao, Jianqiang ^b   Ketterer, Margaret R ^b   Lubaroff, David M ^a   Williams, Richard D ^a   Apicella, Michael A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DEXTRAN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LAMELLIPODIUM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PINOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URETHRA; UROTHELIUM;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ACTINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PINOCYTOSIS; URETHRA;

EID: 0033970283     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.3.1696-1699.2000     Document Type: Article

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