An Edwardsiella tarda strain containing a mutation in a gene with homology to shlB and hpmB is defective for entry into epithelial cells in culture

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3924-3932

  Strauss, Evelyn J ^a   Ghori, Nafisa ^a   Falkow, Stanley ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; EDWARDSIELLA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030921689     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.9.3924-3932.1997     Document Type: Article

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