In vitro effects of a high-molecular-weight heat-labile enterotoxin from enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 3149-3154

  Navarro García, Fernando ^a,b,c   Eslava, Carlos ^a   Villaseca, Jorge M ^a   López Revilla, Rubén ^b   Czeczulin, John R ^c   Srinivas, S ^d   Nataro, James P ^c   Cravioto, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT;

EID: 0031842273     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.7.3149-3154.1998     Document Type: Article

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