Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi uses type IVB pili to enter human intestinal epithelial cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 3067-3073

  Zhang, Xiao Lian ^a,b   Tsui, Inez S M ^a   Yip, Cecilia M C ^a   Fung, Ada W Y ^a   Wong, Danny K H ^a   Dai, Xiaoyun ^a   Yang, Yanhua ^a,c   Hackett, Jim ^a   Morris, Christina ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL INTERACTION; GENE INSERTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEROTYPING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034115689     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.6.3067-3073.2000     Document Type: Article

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