Interaction of primary human endometrial cells with Neisseria gonorrhoeae expressing green fluorescent protein

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 32-43

  Christodoulides, Myron ^a,b   Everson, J Sylvia ^a   Liu, Bin L ^a   Lambden, Paul R ^a   Watt, Peter J ^a   Thomas, Eric J ^a   Heckels, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUTTLE VECTOR;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMOKINES; CYTOKINES; DNA PRIMERS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0033977149     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01694.x     Document Type: Article

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