Aggregation substance of Enterococcus faecalis: A multifunctional adhesin

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 485, Issue , 2000, Pages 75-83

  Muscholl Silberhom, A ^a   Rozdzinski, E ^b   Wirth, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; SEX PHEROMONE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 0034473250     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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