Mechanisms of Attachment and Invasion

Handbook of Meningococcal Disease: Infection Biology, Vaccination, Clinical Management

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 257-272

  Bourdoulous, Sandrine ^a   Nassif, Xavier ^b  

^a INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^b Faculté de Médecine Necker   (France)

Author keywords

Adhesins; Interactions with extracellular matrix proteins; Mechanisms of attachment and invasion; N. meningitidis survival and replication within host cells; Type IV pili

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889280945     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/3527608508.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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