Pathogenic Neisseriae - Interplay between Pro- and Eukaryotic Worlds

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 311-319

  Meyer, T F ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VIRULENCE;

EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0346541784     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02818617     Document Type: Article

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