Type 3 fimbrial shaft (MrkA) of Klebsiella pneumoniae, but not the fimbrial adhesin (MrkD), facilitates biofilm formation

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 5805-5812

  Langstraat, J ^a   Bohse, M ^a   Clegg, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MATRIX PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FIMBRIA; GENE CLUSTER; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0034877746     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.9.5805-5812.2001     Document Type: Article

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