Induction of active invagination of plasma membranes by Helicobacter pylori cytotoxin, VacA, in cultured gastric cells: An immunoelectron microscopic study

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 89-94

  Izumi, Shin Ichi ^a   Kimura, Miyuki ^b,c   Kimura, Takahiro ^c   Wada, Akihiro ^c   Hirayama, Toshiya ^c   Ichinose, Akitoyo ^c   Koji, Takehiko ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Nagasaki Inst of Tropic Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Helicobacter pylori; Immunohistochemistry; Plasma membrane; VacA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034110763     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.33.89     Document Type: Article

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