Variations in buccal cell adhesion of Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

Infection and immunity ·Vol. 16 ·No. 2 ·1977-05-00 ·Pages 709-11

Tramont EC, Wilson C

Abstract

Human buccal cells were found to vary in their day-to-day capacity to support attachment of certain strains of gonococci. Gonococci serially cultured in vitro also differed in their day-to-day ability to attach to buccal cells.

MeSH Terms

Cheek/microbiology Epithelial Cells Epithelium/microbiology Female Humans Male Neisseria gonorrhoeae/physiology Tissue Donors

Authors & Affiliations

2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Tramont E C

Wilson C

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Article Info

Journal

Infection and immunity

Abbr.

Infect Immun

ISSN

0019-9567

DOI

10.1128/iai.16.2.709-711.1977

Published

1977-05-00

Pages

709-11

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0246127

PMCID

PMC421013

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/iai.16.2.709-711.1977 PMC Full Text View journal details

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