Electron microscopic improvement in the study of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 383-393

  Humbert, Jeanne ^a   Jouve, Mabel ^a,b   Le Bouguénec, Chantal ^a   Gounon, Pierre ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Enteric E. coli; Pathogenesis; Ultrastructure; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; DRUG THERAPY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATHOGENS;

CELL INVASION; CYTOTOXINS; E. COLI; ENTERIC E COLI; EPITHELIAL CELLS; LOCALISED; PATHOGENESIS; SINGLE SPECIES; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRULENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL INVASION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DIARRHEA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW;

EID: 0034657558     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(20000515)49:4<383::AID-JEMT7>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Review

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