Development of a universal intimin antiserum and PCR primers

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3822-3827

  Batchelor, Miranda ^a   Knutton, Stuart ^b   Caprioli, Alfredo ^c   Huter, Veronika ^a,d   Zanial, Mazlina ^a   Dougan, Gordon ^a   Frankel, Gad ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; INTIMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032699301     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.12.3822-3827.1999     Document Type: Article

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