Characterization of fimbriae extracts from porcine enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strains carrying F6 (987P) antigen

International Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 241-246

  Vázquez, Froilán ^a,b   González, Enrique A ^a   Garabal, José I ^a,c   Blanco, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Technological Incubation Center   (Spain)

^c Centro de Investigacions Agrarias de Mabegondo   (Spain)

Author keywords

987P antigen; Enterotoxigenic E. coli; Enterotoxins; Escherichia coli; F6 antigen; Immunoblotting; Porcine diarrhea

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUS;

EID: 33846538585     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: 16181905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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