Identification and characterization of the locus for diffuse adherence, which encodes a novel afimbrial adhesin found in atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4753-4765

  Scaletsky, Isabel C A ^a   Michalski, Jane ^b,d   Torres, Alfredo G ^c   Dulguer, Michelle V ^a   Kaper, James B ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN LDAG; SHIGA TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BFPA GENE; CLP GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI 0111; ESCHERICHIA COLI 0145; ESCHERICHIA COLI 05; ESCHERICHIA COLI K88; ESCHERICHIA COLI O26; FIMBRIA; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOMIC ISLAND; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LDAH GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PLASMID; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROP GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE;

ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 23344434624     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.8.4753-4765.2005     Document Type: Article

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