Neisseria gonorrhoeae coordinately uses pili and Opa to activate HEC-1- B cell microvilli, which causes engulfment of the gonococci

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 3469-3480

  Griffiss, J McLeod ^a,b,c   Lammel, Claudia J ^b   Wang, Jun ^a,b,d   Dekker, Nusi P ^b   Brooks, G F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOMYCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; CYTOCHALASIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL ADHESION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROVILLUS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 0033006984     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.7.3469-3480.1999     Document Type: Article

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