MrkF is a component of type 3 fimbriae in Klebsiella pneumoniae

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-79

  Huang, Ying Jung ^a   Liao, Hsin Wei ^a   Wu, Chien Chen ^a   Peng, Hwei Ling ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Klebsiella pneumoniae; MrkF; Type 3 fimbriae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GOLD DERIVATIVE; MRKF PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE STRUCTURE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 58149354134     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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