Virulence-related DNA sequences and adherence patterns in strains of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 89-93

  Bouzari, Saeid ^a   Jafari, Mohammad N ^a   Shokouhi, Forough ^a   Parsi, Mostafa ^a   Jafari, Anis ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli; Escherichia coli; Virulence marker

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELA CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INFANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034176630     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00076-8     Document Type: Article

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