Neisseria gonorrhoeae mutants altered in toxicity to human fallopian tubes and molecular characterization of the genetic locus involved.

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Published in Infect Immun on February 01, 1999

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C G Arvidson1, R Kirkpatrick, M T Witkamp, J A Larson, C A Schipper, L S Waldbeser, P O'Gaora, M Cooper, M So

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1: Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon 97201, USA. arvidson@ohsu.edu

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