The Escherichia coli K-12 gntP gene allows E. coli F-18 to occupy a distinct nutritional niche in the streptomycin-treated mouse large intestine

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3497-3503

  Sweeney, Neal J ^a,c   Klemm, Per ^b   McCormick, Beth A ^a,d   Moller Nielsen, Eva ^a,b   Utley, Maryjane ^a   Schembri, Mark A ^b   Laux, David C ^a   Cohen, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIOPHAGE; COLON MUCOSA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GOBLET CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029846006     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.9.3497-3503.1996     Document Type: Article

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