Longus, a type IV pilus of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, is involved in adherence to intestinal epithelial cells

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2791-2800

  Mazariego Espinosa, Karina ^a   Cruz, Ariadnna ^a   Ledesma, Maria A ^a   Ochoa, Sara A ^a   Xicohtencatl Cortes, Juan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELA CELL; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; LONGUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE; CELL STRAIN HT29; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUMOR CELL LINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOPLASMA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; CACO-2 CELLS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELA CELLS; HT29 CELLS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77952563493     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01595-09     Document Type: Article

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