Antigen-43-mediated autoaggregation of Escherichia coli is blocked by fimbriation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 4834-4841

  Hasman, Henrik ^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

ANTIGEN 43; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN OXYR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CELL AGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 0032816696     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.16.4834-4841.1999     Document Type: Article

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