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 · 992 citations · Full text

Molecular Characterization, Salmonella Infections, Pathogen Transmission +15

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

Enteric Bacteria, Microbial Disease, Virulence Factor +11

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 · 522 citations

Pathogenic Microbiology, Virulence Factor, Pathogenesis +11

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

Philippe Sansonetti, A Ryter, Philippe Clerc et al. · Infection and Immunity · 1986 · 509 citations · Full text

Microbial Pathogens, Cell Adhesion, Bacteriology +23

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

Anne Stern, Melissa H. Brown, Peter Nickel et al. · Cell · 1986 · 429 citations

Medical Microbiology, Virulence Factor, Pathogenesis +9