Hemagglutinin of unusual specificity from Helcococcus kunzii

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 197-199

  Stavri, Henriette ^a   Beveridge, Terry J ^b   Moyles, Dianne ^b   Athamna, Abed ^c,d   Doyle, Ronald J ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Triangle Research Center   (Israel)

^d CANTACUZINO INSTITUTE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Adhesin; Helcococcus; Hemagglutinin; Lectin

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; HEMAGGLUTININ; LACTOSE; LECTIN; MUTAGENIC AGENT; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIBER; FIMBRIA; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEAT; HELCOCOCCUS KUNZI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HEMAGGLUTININS; HUMANS; LACTOSE; LECTINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELCOCOCCUS; HELCOCOCCUS KUNZII; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036170473     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-001-0378-y     Document Type: Article

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