The cloned locus of enterocyte effacement from enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 is unable to confer the attaching and effacing phenotype upon E. coli K-12

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 4260-4263

  Elliott, Simon J ^a   Yu, Jie ^a   Kaper, James B ^a  

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

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032783034     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.8.4260-4263.1999     Document Type: Article

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