Use of Drosophila S2 cells as a model for studying Ehrlichia chaffeensis infections

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1886-1891

  Luce Fedrow, Alison ^a   Von Ohlen, Tonia ^a   Boyle, Daniel ^a   Ganta, Roman R ^a   Chapes, Stephen K ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PATHOGENS;

BACTERIA REPLICATION; DROSOPHILA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY;

CELLS;

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; RNA 16S;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DETECTION METHOD; EUKARYOTE; FLY; IMMUNOASSAY; MAMMAL; MICROSCOPY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DROSOPHILA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT CELL; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DROSOPHILA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 40849116269     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02467-07     Document Type: Article

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