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Studies on Gonococcus infection. X. Pili and leukocyte association factor as mediators of interactions between gonococci and eukaryotic cells in vitro.

Infection and immunity ·Vol. 11 ·No. 6 ·1975-06-00 ·Pages 1352-61

Swanson J, Sparks E, Young D, King G

Abstract

Two independent gonococcal surface components, pili and leukocyte association factor, appear to mediate in vitro interactions of Neisseria gonorrhoeae with tissue culture cells and human peripheral blood leukocytes, respectively.

MeSH Terms
Cell Membrane/immunology Cilia/ultrastructure Gonorrhea/immunology HeLa Cells Humans Intercellular Junctions/ultrastructure Leukocytes/immunology Microscopy, Electron Neisseria gonorrhoeae/immunology,ultrastructure
Authors & Affiliations
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Swanson J
Sparks E
Young D
King G
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Article Info
Journal
Infection and immunity
Abbr.
Infect Immun
ISSN
0019-9567
DOI
10.1128/iai.11.6.1352-1361.1975
Published
1975-06-00
Pages
1352-61
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0246127
PMCID
PMC415222
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/iai.11.6.1352-1361.1975 PMC Full Text View journal details
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