The type IV bundle-forming pilus of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli undergoes dramatic alterations in structure associated with bacterial adherence, aggregation and dispersal

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 499-509

  Knutton, Stuart ^a   Shaw, Robert K ^a   Anantha, Ravi P ^b   Donnenberg, Michael S ^b   Zorgani, Aziz A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

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

EID: 0032767933     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01495.x     Document Type: Article

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