Contribution of plasmid-encoded fimbriae and intimin to capacity of rabbit-specific enteropathogenic Escherichia coli to attach to and colonize rabbit intestine

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 6472-6477

  Krejany, E O ^a   Grant, T H ^a   Bennett Wood, V ^a   Adams, L M ^a   Robins Browne, R M ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTIMIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CELL ADHESION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; INTESTINE MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; INTESTINES; PLASMIDS; RABBITS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033792966     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.11.6472-6477.2000     Document Type: Article

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