Truncated enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 intimin (EaeA) fusion proteins promote adherence of EHEC strains to HEp-2 cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2225-2233

  Mckee, Marian L ^a,b   O'Brien, Alison D ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; HISTIDINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; INTIMIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; FEMALE; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0029884655     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.6.2225-2233.1996     Document Type: Article

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