Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli: Identification of a gene cluster coding for bundle-forming pilus morphogenesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2613-2628

  Sohel, Indira ^a   Puente, Jose Luis ^a,b   Ramer, Sandra W ^a   Bieber, David ^a   Wu, Cheng Yen ^a   Schoolnik, Gary K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029975939     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.9.2613-2628.1996     Document Type: Article

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