Genetics of virulence of enteropathogenic E. coli

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 412, Issue , 1997, Pages 279-287

  Kaper, James B ^a   McDaniel, Timothy K ^a   Jarvis, Karen G ^a   Gomez Duarte, Oscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CYTOSKELETON; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; INTESTINE BRUSH BORDER; INTESTINE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; YERSINIA;

EID: 0030939761     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-1828-4_47     Document Type: Article

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