The type 4 pili of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 are multipurpose structures with pathogenic attributes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 411-421

  Xicohtencatl Cortes, Juan ^a,d   Monteiro Neto, Valério ^a,b   Saldaña, Zeus ^a   Ledesma, Maria A ^a   Puente, Jose Luís ^c   Girón, Jorge A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CEUMA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; LAMININ; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; SHIGA TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPITHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HCP BACTERIAL GENE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; COLON; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FIMBRIA; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COLON; DIARRHEA; DNA PRIMERS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HELA CELLS; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA TOXINS;

EID: 58149520023     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01306-08     Document Type: Article

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