Ultrastructural analysis of developmental events in Chlamydia pneumoniae-infected cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 2379-2385

  Wolf, Katerina ^a   Fischer, Elizabeth ^a   Hackstadt, Ted ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDOCYTOSIS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROVILLI; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034063152     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.4.2379-2385.2000     Document Type: Article

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