Complete DNA sequence and structural analysis of the enteropathogenic Escherichia coli adherence factor plasmid

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 5455-5462

  Tobe, Toru ^a   Hayashi, Tetsuya ^b   Han, Chang Gyun ^a   Schoolnik, Gary K ^c   Ohtsubo, Eiichi ^a   Sasakawa, Chihiro ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032831061     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.10.5455-5462.1999     Document Type: Article

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