Invasion and survival strategies of Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 743-754

  Carlyon, Jason A ^a   Fikrig, Erol ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CELL ADHESION; CELL VACUOLE; EHRLICHIOSIS; EUROPE; HOST CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LYSOSOME; MICROORGANISM; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHEMOKINES; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMANS; LYSOSOMES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NADPH OXIDASE; NEUTROPHILS; SUPEROXIDES;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0142217173     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-5822.2003.00323.x     Document Type: Review

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