Epithelial cell invasion and survival of Bordetella bronchiseptica.

doi:10.1128/iai.62.7.3008-3011.1994

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Epithelial cell invasion and survival of Bordetella bronchiseptica.

Infection and immunity - 1 Jul 1994

Schipper H, Krohne G F, Gross R

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Wild-type Bordetella bronchiseptica and a bvg mutant strain were used for invasion and survival experiments in human Caco-2 and A549 epithelial cells. Both bacterial strains were able to enter and persist within the host cells for at least a week. A significant proportion of the bacteria from bot...

Topics

Bordetella bronchiseptica
Bordetella pertussis
Cell Compartmentation
Epithelium
Humans
Mutation
Species Specificity
Tumor Cells, Cultured

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