| Literature DB >> 468379 |
H Brunner, H Krauss, H Schaar, H G Schiefer.
Abstract
A mechanism of pathogenicity of Mycoplasma pneumoniae is its ability to attach to the surface of mammalian cells. It has previously been demonstrated by others that M. pneumoniae adheres with a specialized terminal structure, the "tip," to ciliated epithelial cells of the respiratory tract. In this report we show by electron microscopy that M. pneumoniae adsorbs with membrane sites other than the tip to guinea pig erythrocytes.Entities:
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Year: 1979 PMID: 468379 PMCID: PMC414393 DOI: 10.1128/iai.24.3.906-911.1979
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441