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Gonococcal attachment to eukaryotic cells.
Sexually transmitted diseases - 1 Jan 2000
James J F, Lammel C J, Draper D L, Brown D A, Sweet R L, Brooks G F
Abstract excerpt
The attachment of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to eukaryotic cells grown in tissue culture was analyzed by use of light and electron microscopy and by labeling of the bacteria with [3H]- and [14C]adenine. Isogenic piliated and nonpiliated N. gonorrhoeae from opaque and transparent colonies were studied. The results of light microscopy studies showed that the gonococci attached to cells of human origin, including Flow...
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