Typing of intimin genes in human and animal enterohemorrhagic and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli: Characterization of a new intimin variant

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 64-71

  Oswald, E ^a,d   Schmidt, H ^b   Morabito, S ^c   Karch, H ^b   Marches O ^a   Caprioli, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTIMIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BRUSH BORDER; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOST CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0033981931     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.1.64-71.2000     Document Type: Article

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