Phase variation of the opacity outer membrane protein controls invasion by Neisseria gonorrhoeae into human epithelial cells.

Cloning and molecular characterization of genes whose products allow Salmonella typhimurium to penetrate tissue culture cells.

1989 • 988 citations

Identification of invasin: A protein that allows enteric bacteria to penetrate cultured mammalian cells

1987 • 599 citations

A single genetic locus encoded by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis permits invasion of cultured animal cells by Escherichia coli K-12

1985 • 535 citations

Multiplication of Shigella flexneri within HeLa cells: lysis of the phagocytic vacuole and plasmid-mediated contact hemolysis

1986 • 509 citations

Opacity genes in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Control of phase and antigenic variation

1986 • 428 citations

Intragenic recombination leads to pilus antigenic variation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

1985 • 348 citations

The repertoire of silent pilus genes in neisseria gonorrhoeae: Evidence for gene conversion

1986 • 334 citations

Pilus expression in neisseria gonorrhoeae involves chromosomal rearrangement

1982 • 332 citations

Genetic Transformation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to Streptomycin Resistance

1966 • 326 citations

A genetic determinant required for continuous reinfection of adjacent cells on large plasmid in S. flexneri 2a

1986 • 312 citations

Pilus genes of Neisseria gonorrheae: chromosomal organization and DNA sequence.

1984 • 298 citations

Role of Pili in the Virulence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

1973 • 282 citations

Identification of the integrin binding domain of the Yersinia pseudotuberculosis invasin protein.

1990 • 242 citations

Variations in Surface Protein Composition Associated with Virulence Properties in Opacity Types of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

1979 • 228 citations

Role of chromosomal rearrangement in N. gonorrhoeae pilus phase variation

1985 • 215 citations

Effects of recA Mutations on Pilus Antigenic Variation and Phase Transitions in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

1987 • 206 citations

Phase variation of gonococcal protein II: Regulation of gene expression by slipped-strand mispairing of a repetitive DNA sequence

1989 • 198 citations

Reassortment of pilin genes in Neisseria gonorrhoeae occurs by two distinct mechanisms

1989 • 167 citations

Expression of outer membrane protein II by gonococci in experimental gonorrhea.

1988 • 164 citations

Penetration of human intestinal epithelial cells by Salmonella: molecular cloning and expression of Salmonella typhi invasion determinants in Escherichia coli.

1989 • 159 citations

Mechanisms of Mucosal Invasion by Pathogenic Neisseria

1983 • 153 citations

VARIATION AND CONTROL OF PROTEIN EXPRESSION IN NEISSERIA

1990 • 151 citations

Model for invasion of human tissue culture cells by Neisseria gonorrhoeae

1988 • 135 citations

Opacity determinants of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Gene expression and chromosomal linkage to the gonococcal pilus gene

1984 • 131 citations

Piliation control mechanisms in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

1986 • 126 citations

The Effect of Protein II and Pili on the Interaction of Neisseria gonorrhoeae with Human Polymorphonuclear Leucocytes

1986 • 122 citations

Resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to Phagocytosis: Relationship to Colonial Morphology and Surface Pili

1974 • 118 citations

Studies on gonococcus infection. XV. Identification of surface proteins of Neisseria gonorrhoeae correlated with leukocyte association

1978 • 116 citations

Release of soluble pilin antigen coupled with gene conversion in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

1987 • 115 citations

Interactions of Neisseria gonorrhoeae with Human Neutrophils: Effects of Serum and Gonococcal Opacity on Phagocyte Killing and Chemiluminescence

1982 • 111 citations

Gonococcal interactions with polymorphonuclear neutrophils: importance of the phagosome for bactericidal activity.

1978 • 107 citations

Interactions of gonococci with HeLa cells: attachment, detachment, replication, penetration, and the role of protein II

1986 • 107 citations

Pilus- gonococcal variants. Evidence for multiple forms of piliation control.

1985 • 104 citations

Gonococci possessing only certain P.II outer membrane proteins interact with human neutrophils

1988 • 104 citations

Pilin expression in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is under both positive and negative transcriptional control.

1988 • 103 citations

Studies on the Virulence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae I. Relation of Colonial Morphology and Resistance to Phagocytosis by Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes

1973 • 92 citations

Identification and characterization of a Neisseria gonorrhoeae gene encoding a glycolipid-binding adhesin.

1990 • 87 citations

Identification of carbohydrate structures that are possible receptors for Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

1988 • 86 citations

Rates in vitro changes of gonococcal colony opacity phenotypes

1982 • 79 citations

DIFFERENTIAL ABILITY OF COLONIAL TYPES OF NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE TO PRODUCE INFECTION AND AN INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE IN SUBCUTANEOUS PERFORATED PLASTIC CHAMBERS IN GUINEA-PIGS AND RABBITS

1975 • 75 citations

Comparative virulence of opacity variants of Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain P9

1981 • 75 citations

Genetic mechanisms and biological implications of phase variation in pathogenic neisseriae

1989 • 74 citations

The interaction betweenNeisseria gonorrhoeae and the human cornea in organ culture

1988 • 52 citations

Biochemical purification and crystallographic characterization of the fiber-forming protein pilin from Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

1990 • 50 citations

Stimulation of human leukocytes by protein II+ gonococci is mediated by lectin-like gonococcal components

1985 • 44 citations

Inhibition of Neisseria gonorrhoeae attachment to HeLa cells with monoclonal antibody directed against a protein II

1983 • 44 citations

Interactions of Neisseria gonorrhoeae with human neutrophils

1989 • 41 citations

Erythrocyte gangliosides act as receptors for Neisseria subflava: identification of the Sia-1 adhesin

1990 • 37 citations

Monoclonal antibodies to outer membrane protein PII block interactions of Neisseria gonorrhoeae with human neutrophils

1990 • 36 citations

Proteins that appear to be associated with pili in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

1988 • 29 citations

Surface Components Affecting Interactions between Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Eucaryotic Cells

1977 • 27 citations

The use of immunogold-silver staining to study antigen variation and bacterial entry into eukaryotic cells by conventional light microscopy

1990 • 22 citations

A Determinant of Resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to Killing by Human Phagocytes: an Outer Membrane Lipoprotein of about 20 kDa with a High Content of Glutamic Acid

1986 • 20 citations

Expression of gonococcal protein II in Escherichia coli by translational fusion

1989 • 19 citations