Characterization of Shigella type 1 fimbriae: Expression, FimA sequence, and phase variation

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2462-2467

  Snellings, Norma J ^a   Tall, Ben D ^b   Venkatesan, Malabi M ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE REARRANGEMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031011201     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.6.2462-2467.1997     Document Type: Article

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