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.

Jorge E. Galán, R Curtiss · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1989 · 1K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology +12

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

Ralph R. Isberg, Deborah L. Voorhis, Stanley Falkow · Cell · 1987 · 597 citations

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +14

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

Ralph R. Isberg, Stanley Falkow · Nature · 1985 · 523 citations

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

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Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +17

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

Anne Stern, Melissa H. Brown, Peter Nickel et al. · Cell · 1986 · 431 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology +14