Protection and attachment of Vibrio cholerae mediated by the toxin-coregulated pilus in the infant mouse model

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 5260-5270

  Krebs, Shelly J ^a   Taylor, Ronald K ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTESTINE INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; TOXIN COREGULATED PILUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 80053586476     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00378-11     Document Type: Article

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