Characterization of EhaJ, a new autotransporter protein from enterohemorrhagic and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue JUNE, 2011, Pages

  Easton, Donna M ^a   Totsika, Makrina ^a   Allsopp, Luke P ^a   Phan, Minh Duy ^a   Idris, Adi ^a   Wurpel, Daniël J ^a   Sherlock, Orla ^a,c   Zhang, Bing ^b   Venturini, Carola ^a   Beatson, Scott A ^a   Mahony, Timothy J ^a,b   Cobbold, Rowland N ^a   Schembri, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

^c DUNDALK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adhesin; Autotransporters; Biofilm; EHEC; EPEC

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857355592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00120     Document Type: Article

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