Identification and characterization of a K88- and CS31A-like operon of a rabbit enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strain which encodes fimbriae involved in the colonization of rabbit intestine

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 5222-5230

  Adams, L M ^a,b   Simmons, C P ^b   Rezmann, L ^a   Strugnell, R A ^b   Robins Browne, R M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; HYPERIMMUNE GLOBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ERYTHROCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GUINEA PIG; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INOCULATION; INTESTINE BRUSH BORDER; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0030775358     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.12.5222-5230.1997     Document Type: Article

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