Initial steps in Streptococcus pneumoniae interaction with and pathogenicity to the host

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 479, Issue , 2000, Pages 61-71

  Shani Sekler, Michal ^a   Lifshitz, Sarit ^a   Hillel, Iris ^a   Dagan, Ron ^a   Grossman, Nili ^a   Fleminger, Gideon ^b   Mizrachi Brauner, Yaffa ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; FETUIN; LECTIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL CELL; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPITHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE; FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RABBIT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; SERUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADULT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; LECTINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; RABBITS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0034484036     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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