Functional variability of type 1 fimbriae of Escherichia coli

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 485, Issue , 2000, Pages 63-68

  Pouttu, R ^a   Puustinen, T ^a   Kukkonen, M ^a   Virkola, R ^a   Laurila, M ^a   Hacker, J ^a   Klemm, P ^a   Korhonen, T K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; PLASMINOGEN; RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; COLLAGEN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034471996     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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