A cloned pathogenicity island from enteropathogenic Escherichia coli confers the attaching and effacing phenotype on E. coli K-12

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 399-407

  McDaniel, Timothy K ^a,b   Kaper, James B ^a  

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

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031025080     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.2311591.x     Document Type: Article

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