Environmental regulation and colonization attributes of the long polar fimbriae (LPF) of Escherichia coli O157:H7

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 297, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 177-185

  Torres, Alfredo G ^a   Milflores Flores, Lorena ^b   Garcia Gallegos, J Gerardo ^a   Patel, Shilpa D ^a   Best, Angus ^c   La Ragione, Roberto M ^c   Martinez Laguna, Ygnacio ^b   Woodward, Martin J ^c  

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

^b BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E. coli O157:H7; Lamb model; LP fimbriae

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; INTIMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; IRON DEPLETION; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PH; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 34247575136     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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