Adhesive property of toxin-coregulated pilus of Vibrio cholerae O1

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-45

  Tamamoto, Tohru ^a   Nakashima, Kazutoshi ^a   Nakasone, Noboru ^a   Honma, Yasuko ^a   Higa, Naomi ^a   Yamashiro, Tetsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adherence; Toxin coregulated pilus; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; HEMAGGLUTINATION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; JEJUNUM; NONHUMAN; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0031941958     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1998.tb01967.x     Document Type: Article

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