Expression of mucin-type glycoprotein K88 receptors strongly correlates with piglet susceptibility to K88+ enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, but adhesion of this bacterium to brush borders does not

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 4050-4055

  Francis, David H ^a   Grange, Philippe A ^a   Zeman, David H ^a   Baker, Diane R ^a   Sun, Ronggai ^a   Erickson, Alan K ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; CELL RECEPTOR; MUCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GNOTOBIOTICS; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTESTINE BRUSH BORDER; LETHARGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

EID: 0031715108     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.9.4050-4055.1998     Document Type: Article

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