Characterization of EspC, a 110-kilodalton protein secreted by enteropathogenic Escherichia coli which is homologous to members of the immunoglobulin A protease-like family of secreted proteins

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 6546-6554

  Stein, Markus ^a   Kenny, Brendan ^a   Stein, Murry A ^a   Finlay, B Brett ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAFNIA ALVEI; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PERA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 0029961503     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.22.6546-6554.1996     Document Type: Article

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