Genetic characterization of Escherichia coli type 1 pilus adhesin mutants and identification of a novel binding phenotype

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 4012-4021

  Hamrick, Terri S ^a   Harris, Sandra L ^a   Spears, Patricia A ^a   Havell, Edward A ^a   Horton, John R ^a   Russell, Perry W ^a   Orndorff, Paul E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM PILUS; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHROCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GUINEA PIG; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ERYTHROCYTES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GUINEA PIGS; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAVIA PORCELLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033946055     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.14.4012-4021.2000     Document Type: Article

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