Molecular mechanisms of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 89-98

  Fleckenstein, James M ^a,b   Hardwidge, Philip R ^c   Munson, George P ^d   Rasko, David A ^e   Sommerfelt, Halvor ^f,g   Steinsland, Hans ^f  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^g NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli; Enterotoxins; Escherichia coli vaccines; Genomics; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; PROTEIN EAST1; PROTEIN EATA; PROTEIN ETPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FIMBRIA; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; SHORT SURVEY; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; BACTERIAL VACCINES; DYSENTERY; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; INTESTINE, SMALL; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 75149167834     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2009.10.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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