Escherichia coli K5 capsule expression enhances colonization of the large intestine in the gnotobiotic rat

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 531-536

  Herías, M Verónica ^a   Midtvedt, Tore ^b   Hanson, Lars Å ^a   Wold, Agnes E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMFREE ANIMAL; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LARGE INTESTINE; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 1842329206     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.2.531-536.1997     Document Type: Article

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