Implications of molecular contacts and signaling initiated by Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 53-57

  Koomey, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE COFACTOR PROTEIN; PORIN;

APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL METABOLISM; GONORRHEA; HOST CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0035150861     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(00)00164-8     Document Type: Review

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