Intimin-mediated tissue specificity in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli interaction with human intestinal organ cultures

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1496-1500

  Phillips, Alan D ^a   Frankel, Gad ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTIMIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; EXPLANT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUM; INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BIOPSY; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0034105406     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315404     Document Type: Article

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