Characterization of an outer membrane protein associated with haemagglutination and adhesive properties of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli O111:H12

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 533-547

  Monteiro Neto, Valerio ^a,c   Bando, Silvia Y ^a   Moreira Filho, Carlos A ^a   Girón, Jorge A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; HEMAGGLUTINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEROTYPE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0043198160     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-5822.2003.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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