Linker insertion analysis of the FimH adhesin of type 1 fimbriae in an Escherichia coli fimH-null background

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 137, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 257-263

  Schembri, Mark A ^a   Pallesen, Lars ^a,d   Connell, Hugh ^b   Hasty, David L ^c   Klemm, Per ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

adhesin; Escherichia coli; FimH; linker insertion mutagenesis; type 1 fimbria

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE MUTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029900202     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00067-5     Document Type: Article

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