Host-pathogen interactions in mycoplasma pathogenesis: Virulence and survival strategies of minimalist prokaryotes

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-25

  Rosengarten, Renate ^a   Citti, Christine ^a   Glew, Michelle ^a   Lischewski, Axel ^a   Droeße, Martina ^a   Much, Peter ^a   Winner, Florian ^a   Brank, Marion ^a   Spergser, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adherence; Cell invasion; Immune evasion; Lipoproteins; Mycoplasmas; Surface variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034007308     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1438-4221(00)80099-5     Document Type: Article

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