Intracellular viability of toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains in HEp-2 cells
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Fibrinogen binds to nontoxigenic and toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains.
The production of fibrinous exudates may play an important role in determining the outcome of bacterial infection. Although pseudomembrane formation is a characteristic feature of diphtheria, little is known about the fibrinogen (Fbn)-binding properties of Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains and the influence of the gene that codes for diphtheria toxin (tox gene) in this process. In this study ...
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عنوان ژورنال: FEMS Microbiology Letters
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0378-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1097(02)00930-8