Resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to neutrophils

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue APR, 2011, Pages

  Johnson, M Brittany ^a   Criss, Alison K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Neutrophil proteases; Neutrophils; Phagocytosis; Polymorphonuclear leukocytes; Reactive oxygen species; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856114268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00077     Document Type: Article

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