Heterogeneity in expression of lipopolysaccharide and major outer- membrane proteins by strains of Escherichia coli O157 with different H- serotypes

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 527-531

  Fujimoto, Shuji ^a   Meno, Yuko ^b   Horikawa, Kazumi ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Seinan Jo Gakuin University   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Escherichia coli O157; Lipopolysaccharide; Outer membrane proteins

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031822299     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1998.tb02320.x     Document Type: Article

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