Role of fibronectin in curli-mediated internalization

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-58

  Gophna, Uri ^a   Oelschlaeger, Tobias A ^b   Hacker, Joerg ^b   Ron, Eliora Z ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial virulence; Colisepticemia; Curli fiber; Invasion; O78; RGD

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; INTEGRIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037129848     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)00703-6     Document Type: Article

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