Role of FliC and FliD flagellar proteins of Clostridium difficile in adherence and gut colonization

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 7937-7940

  Tasteyre, A ^a   Barc, M C ^a   Collignon, A ^a   Boureau, H ^a   Karjalainen, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLAGELLIN; FLIC PROTEIN; FLID PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CECUM; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLUM; GERMFREE ANIMAL; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CECUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MICE; MUCUS;

EID: 0035189181     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.12.7937-7940.2001     Document Type: Article

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