Characterization of Antiapoptotic Activities of Chlamydia pneumoniae in Infected Cells

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1010, Issue , 2003, Pages 565-567

  Fischer, S F ^a   Hacker G ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bacterium; Caspase; Chlamydia

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT;

APOPTOSIS; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIOID CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 1342305473     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1299.105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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