Capsule Shields the Function of Short Bacterial Adhesins

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1249-1257

  Schembri, Mark A ^a   Dalsgaard, Dorte ^a   Klemm, Per ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ANTIGEN 43; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN AIDA I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1342346635     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.5.1249-1257.2004     Document Type: Article

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