Microbial pathogenicity factors as parts of global regulatory networks

Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-24

  Hacker, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

HEMOLYSIN; LEUCINE TRANSFER RNA;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VIRULENCE;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BACTERIAL ADHESION; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; RNA, TRANSFER, LEU; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0029681719     PISSN: 12178950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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