Escherichia coli K1's capsule is a barrier to bacteriophage T7

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4872-4874

  Scholl, Dean ^a   Adhya, Sankar ^b   Merril, Carl ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENS; CELLS; ENZYMES; PATHOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDES;

BIOLOGICAL STRAINS; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM K1 ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CELL INVASION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 1; GENE REPLICATION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; VIRION;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLAQUE ASSAY; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; VIRION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 23744448545     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.8.4872-4874.2005     Document Type: Article

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