Aggregative adherence fimbria II, a second fimbrial antigen mediating aggregative adherence in enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 4135-4145

  Czeczulin, John R ^a   Balepur, Shyam ^a   Hicks, Susan ^b   Phillips, Alan ^b   Hall, Robert ^c   Kothary, Mahendra H ^c   Navarro Garcia, Fernando ^a   Nataro, James P ^a,d  

^a University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; POLYHISTIDINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL AGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030793821     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.10.4135-4145.1997     Document Type: Article

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