Isolation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae mutants that show enhanced trafficking across polarized T84 epithelial monolayers

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 896-905

  Hopper, Sylvia ^a   Wilbur, J Scott ^a   Vasquez, Brandi L ^a   Larson, Jason ^a   Clary, Susan ^a   Mehr, Ian J ^b,c   Seifert, H S ^b   So, Magdalene ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL ADHESION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MODEL; MUTATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCYTOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL POLARITY; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033977388     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.2.896-905.2000     Document Type: Article

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