The F4 fimbrial antigen of Escherichia coli and its receptors

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 223-244

  Van Den Broeck, W ^a   Cox, E ^a   Oudega, B ^b   Goddeeris, B M ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Laboratory of Physiology and Immunology of Domestic Animals   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Fimbriae; Mucosal immunity; Receptors

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; IMMUNITY; INTESTINE CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEROTYPE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0033973105     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(99)00174-1     Document Type: Article

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