Organization of biogenesis genes for aggregative adherence fimbria II defines a virulence gene cluster in enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1779-1785

  Elias Jr , Waldir P ^a,b   Czeczulin, John R ^a   Henderson, Ian R ^a   Trabulsi, Luiz R ^b   Nataro, James P ^a,c  

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

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^c Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOGENESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0345313627     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.6.1779-1785.1999     Document Type: Article

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