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Adherence of pilus- Opa+ gonococci to epithelial cells in vitro involves heparan sulfate

Neisseria gonorrhoeae attaches to host epithelial cells via pili and opacity-associated (Opa) outer membrane proteins. Pilus- gonococci (Gc) of strain MS11 adhere to both human and nonhuman cells, but only when particular Opa proteins are expressed; OpaA+ variants adhere best, OpaC+ variants are nex...

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Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1995
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2192128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7629509