Molecular and ultrastructural characterisation of EspA from different enteropathogenic Escherichia coli serotypes

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-80

  Neves, Bianca C ^a,c,d   Knutton, Stuart ^b   Trabulsi, Luiz R ^c   Sperandio, Vanessa ^c   Kaper, James B ^e   Dougan, Gordon ^a   Frankel, Gad ^a,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli; EspA; EspA filament

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEROTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031792567     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00466-2     Document Type: Article

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