Structure and function of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli fimbriae from differing assembly pathways

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 116-126

  Mortezaei, Narges ^a   Epler, Chelsea R ^a   Shao, Paul P ^a   Shirdel, Mariam ^a   Singh, Bhupender ^a,b   Mcveigh, Annette ^c   Uhlin, Bernt Eric ^b   Savarino, Stephen J ^c,d   Andersson, Magnus ^a   Bullitt, Esther ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

COLONIZATION FACTOR ANTIGENS; FIMBRIA PROTEIN;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

EID: 84919354173     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12847     Document Type: Article

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