Role of surface proteins in Vibrio cholerae attachment to chitin

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1348-1351

  Tarsi, Renato ^a   Pruzzo, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITINASE; CONCANAVALIN A; GLUCOSE; LECTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; OLIGOMER; PERIODATE SODIUM; PRONASE; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0033025313     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.3.1348-1351.1999     Document Type: Article

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