Development of a novel ex vivo insect model for studying virulence determinants of Escherichia coli K1

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 106-110

  Mokri Moayyed, Behzad ^a   Goldsworthy, Graham John ^a   Khan, Naveed Ahmed ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BRAIN; CNF1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K1; EX VIVO STUDY; FIMH GENE; GENE DELETION; HEAD; LOCUST; MENINGITIS; NEU B GENE; NEU D GENE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 38349050132     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47568-0     Document Type: Article

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