Staining of Chlamydia trachomatis elementary bodies: A suitable method for identifying infected human monocytes by flow cytometry

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 116-121

  Schnitger, Karen ^a   Njau, Florence ^a   Wittkop, Ulrike ^a   Liese, Andrea ^a   Kuipers, Jens G ^b   Thiel, Andreas ^c   Morgan, Michael A ^a   Zeidler, Henning ^a   Wagner, Annette D ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Rotes Kreuz Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^c DEUTSCHES RHEUMA FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

CFSE; Chlamydia trachomatis; Elementary bodies (EBs); Flow cytometry; Monocytes

Indexed keywords

6 CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; ACETOACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; SUCCINIMIDE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELL LABELING; CELL VIABILITY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING;

CELLS, CULTURED; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MONOCYTES; SUCCINIMIDES; TIME FACTORS;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 33947226273     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2006.12.013     Document Type: Article

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