Characterization of an immortalized human vaginal epithelial cell line

Journal of Urology

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 616-622

  Rajan, Nithya ^a,b   Pruden, Denise L ^a   Kaznari, Hattori ^a   Cao, Qing ^a   Anderson, Byron E ^a   Duncan, James L ^a   Schaeffer, Anthony J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tarry Building 11 715 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial binding; Cytokeratins; Immortalization; Vaginal cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; KERATINOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANCHORAGE INDEPENDENT GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL CULTURE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINA EPITHELIUM; WART VIRUS;

EID: 0033978225     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)67946-3     Document Type: Article

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