Longus pilus of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and its relatedness to other type-4 pili - A minireview

Gene

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-43

  Girón, Jorge A ^a   Gómez Duarte, Oscar G ^b   Jarvis, Karen G ^c   Kaper, James B ^c  

^a BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^b MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization factor antigen; Diarrheal disease; ETEC; Fimbria; Type 4 pilus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGENICITY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENTEROBACTER; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ERWINIA; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INGA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0343924353     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00039-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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