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Plasmid-associated adherence of Shigella flexneri in a HeLa cell model
1Department of Enteric Infections, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. 20307.
Infection and Immunity
|August 1, 1989
Abstract:
The initial interaction of Shigella flexneri with HeLa cells was studied at 4 degrees C, a temperature that inhibits parasite-directed endocytosis. It was found that invasive strains were 10-fold more adherent to HeLa cells than were isogenic, noninvasive strains which had lost a 140-megadalton plasmid. Adherent strains were also more hydrophobic than were nonadherent strains.