Functional flexibility of the FimH adhesin: Insights from a random mutant library

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2638-2646

  Schembri, Mark A ^a   Sokurenko, Evgeni V ^b   Klemm, Per ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AMINO ACID; MANNOSE; RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE LIBRARY; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034016418     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.5.2638-2646.2000     Document Type: Article

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