Use of synthetic peptides to confirm that the Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAK pilus adhesin and the Candida albicans fimbrial adhesin possess a homologous receptor-binding domain

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1107-1116

  Yu, Lei ^a,b   Lee, Kok K ^a   Paranchych, William ^a   Hodges, Robert S ^a,b,c   Irvin, Randall T ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Networks of Centres of Excellence   (Canada)

^c SPI Synth Peptides Incorporated   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIMBRIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECEPTOR BINDING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0029963254     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.454982.x     Document Type: Article

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