Identification of a domain in Rck, a product of the Salmonella typhimurium virulence plasmid, required for both serum resistance and cell invasion

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2019-2023

  Cirillo, Daniela Maria ^a   Heffernan, Edwin J ^b   Wu, Lydia ^a   Harwood, Julia ^a   Fierer, Joshua ^a,c   Guiney, Donald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL ADHESION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0029976558     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.6.2019-2023.1996     Document Type: Article

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