AFA and F17 adhesins produced by pathogenic Escherichia coli strains in domestic animals

Veterinary Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 317-342

  Le Bouguénec, Chantal ^a   Bertin, Yolande ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Afimbrial adhesin; Domestic animals; Escherichia coli; Family of adhesins; Fimbrial adhesin

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; OVIS;

ADHESIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; VIRULENCE;

ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033094042     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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