Identification of IngA, the structural gene of longus type IV pilus of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1809-1816

  Gómez Duarte, Oscar G ^a   Ruiz Tagle, Alejandro ^b   Gómez, Diana C ^a   Viboud, Gloria I ^c   Jarvis, Karen G ^a   Kaper, James B ^a   Girón, Jorge A ^b  

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

^b BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^c Instituto Nacional de Microbiologia Dr Carlos GMalbran   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Colonization factor; Enterotoxigenic; ETEC; Longus; Type IV pili

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032774241     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-7-1809     Document Type: Article

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