Role of the Escherichia coli O157:H7 O side chain in adherence and analysis of an rfb locus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4795-4801

  Bilge, Sima S ^a,b   Vary Jr , James C ^a,b   Dowell, Scott F ^a,b   Tarr, Phillip I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; SHIGA TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELA CELL; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0029958129     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.11.4795-4801.1996     Document Type: Article

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