Bacterial adhesins: Function and structure

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-35

  Klemm, Per ^a   Schembri, Mark A ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Architecture; Bacterial adhesins; Receptor specificity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034088763     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1438-4221(00)80102-2     Document Type: Article

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