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Quantitative assessment of Mycoplasma hemadsorption activity by flow cytometry.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
García-Morales Luis, González-González Luis, Costa Manuela, Querol Enrique, Piñol Jaume
Abstract excerpt
A number of adherent mycoplasmas have developed highly complex polar structures that are involved in diverse aspects of the biology of these microorganisms and play a key role as virulence factors by promoting adhesion to host cells in the first stages of infection. Attachment activity of mycoplasma cells has been traditionally investigated by determining their hemadsorption ability to red blood cells and it is a...
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