Secretion of virulence factors by Escherichia coli

Veterinary Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 181-202

  China, Bernard ^a   Goffaux, Fréderic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

E. coli; Secretion; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA;

EID: 0033091466     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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