Studies on gonococcus infection: IV. Pill: Their role in attachment of gonococci to tissue culture cells

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 1973, Pages 571-589

  Swanson, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GONORRHEA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

AMNION; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0015589995     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.137.3.571     Document Type: Article

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