EspA, a protein secreted by enteropathogenic Escherichia coll, is required to induce signals in epithelial cells

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 313-323

  Kenny, Brendan ^a   Lai, Li Ching ^b   Finlay, B Brett ^a   Donnenberg, Michael S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPITHELIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029972684     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02619.x     Document Type: Article

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