Type 1 fimbriation and phase switching in a natural Escherichia coli fimB null strain, Nissle 1917

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 7470-7478

  Stentebjerg Olesen, Bodil ^a   Chakraborty, Trinad ^b   Klemm, Per ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNOSE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RECOMBINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENTEROPATHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE INSERTION; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032762992     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.24.7470-7478.1999     Document Type: Article

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