The pathobiology of Neisseria gonorrhoeae lower female genital tract infection

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue MAY, 2011, Pages

  Edwards, Jennifer L ^a   Butler, Emily K ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Akt; Bacterial adherence and invasion; Complement receptor 3; Integrin signaling; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Nitric oxide; Phospholipase; Uterine cervix

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857784309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00102     Document Type: Article

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