Effect of α-oligosaccharide phenotype of Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain MS11 on invasion of Chang conjunctival, HEC-1-B endometrial, and ME-180 cervical cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 6526-6534

  Minor, Susie Y ^a   Banerjee, Asesh ^b   Gotschlich, Emil C ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHALASIN D; GENTAMICIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL CULTURE; CONJUNCTIVA; ENDOMETRIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GONORRHEA; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX;

CELLS, CULTURED; CERVIX UTERI; CONJUNCTIVA; CYTOCHALASIN D; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHENOTYPE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0034441192     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.12.6526-6534.2000     Document Type: Article

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