Antigen 43 and type 1 fimbriae determine colony morphology of Escherichia coli K-12

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1089-1095

  Hasman, Henrik ^a   Schembri, Mark A ^a   Klemm, Per ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; GENE PRODUCT; O ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; PLASMIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033956362     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.4.1089-1095.2000     Document Type: Article

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