Bacterial adhesins: Common themes and variations in architecture and assembly

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1059-1071

  Soto, Gabriel E ^a   Hultgren, Scott J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; CHAPERONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL SURFACE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERNALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW;

EID: 0032989015     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.4.1059-1071.1999     Document Type: Review

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