Salmonella enterica serovar Dublin strains which are Vi antigen-positive use type IVB pili for bacterial self-association and human intestinal cell entry

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 279-284

  Morris, Christina ^a   Tam, Connie K P ^a   Wallis, Timothy S ^b   Jones, Philip W ^b   Hackett, Jim ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dublin; Invasiveness; Pili; Salmonella; Self association; Type IVB

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN PILS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VI ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SEROTYPE; TYPHOID FEVER; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR DUBLIN;

EID: 0242289612     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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