Interactions of Neisseria meningitidis with cells of the human meninges

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 817-829

  Hardy, Samantha J ^a,b   Christodoulides, Myron ^a   Weller, Roy O ^a   Heckels, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PILIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BRAIN; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPTOMENINX; MENINGIOMA; MENINX; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BRAIN; HUMANS; MENINGES; MENINGIOMA; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0034106438     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01923.x     Document Type: Article

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