Direct cell-to-cell spread of a pathogenic yeast

BMC Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Ma, Hansong ^a   Croudace, Joanne E ^a   Lammas, David A ^a   May, Robin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFER; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; YEAST; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CELL MOTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

EID: 34548759583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2172-8-15     Document Type: Article

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