Dr fimbriae operon of uropathogenic Escherichia coli mediate microtubule-dependent invasion to the HeLa epithelial cell line

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 158-167

  Goluszko, Pawel ^a,b   Popov, Vsevolod ^a   Selvarangan, Rangaraj ^a   Nowicki, Stella ^a   Pham, Tuan ^a   Nowicki, Bogdan J ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAY ACCELERATING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROTUBULE; OPERON; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0030991257     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514018     Document Type: Article

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