Probing the receptor recognition site of the FimH adhesin by fimbriae-displayed FimH-FocH hybrids

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1919-1929

  Knudsen, Thomas B ^a   Klemm, Per ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adhesin chimeras; Bacterial adhesion; FimH receptor site; Type 1 fimbriae

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHIMERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031874968     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-7-1919     Document Type: Article

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