Polysaccharide side chains are not required for attaching and effacing adhesion of Escherichia coli O157:H7

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 3196-3200

  Cockerill III, F ^a,d   Beebakhee, G ^a   Soni, R ^b   Sherman, P ^b,c  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; PHALLOIDIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIEMSA STAIN; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER STAINING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0030056171     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.8.3196-3200.1996     Document Type: Article

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