The Pseudomonas aeruginosa flagellar cap protein, FliD, is responsible for mucin adhesion

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1000-1007

  Arora, Shiwani K ^a   Ritchings, Bruce W ^a   Almira, Ernesto C ^b   Lory, Stephen ^c   Ramphal, Reuben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; MUCIN; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FLAGELLUM; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0031887898     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.3.1000-1007.1998     Document Type: Article

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