Detection of intimins α, β, γ, and δ, four intimin derivatives expressed by attaching and effacing microbial pathogens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 662-668

  Adu Bobie, Jeannette ^a   Frankel, Gad ^a   Bain, Christopher ^b   Goncalves, Azizedite Guedes ^c   Trabulsi, Luiz R ^c   Douce, Gill ^a   Knutton, Stuart ^b   Dougan, Gordon ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTIMIN ALPHA; INTIMIN BETA; INTIMIN DERIVATIVE; INTIMIN GAMMA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031939667     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.3.662-668.1998     Document Type: Article

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