The pst operon of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli enhances bacterial adherence to epithelial cells

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2025-2036

  Ferreira, Gerson Moura ^a   Spira, Beny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; GENE PRODUCT; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN BFP; PROTEIN EAE; PROTEIN PERA; PROTEIN PERC; PROTEIN PST; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; OPERON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PERA;

EID: 51149101602     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2008/016634-0     Document Type: Article

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