Construction and characterization of mutations within the Klebsiella mrkD(1P) gene that affect binding to collagen type V

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1672-1676

  Sebghati, Tricia A ^a,b   Clegg, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 5; GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIMBRIA; GENE MUTATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033064417     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.4.1672-1676.1999     Document Type: Article

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