Infection-derived Enterococcus faecalis strains are enriched in esp, a gene encoding a novel surface protein

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 193-200

  Shankar, Viswanathan ^a   Baghdayan, Arto S ^a   Huycke, Mark M ^b   Lindahl, Gunnar ^c   Gilmore, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STRUCTURAL GENE;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 0032918222     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.1.193-200.1999     Document Type: Article

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