Human uropathogenic and bovine septicaemic Escherichia coli strains carry an identical F17-related adhesin

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-64

  Martin, C ^a   Rousset, E ^a,c   De Greve, H ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

adhesin; bovine enterotoxigenic E. coli strains; Escherichia coli; fimbriae; homology; pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 0031051478     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(97)81900-6     Document Type: Article

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