Identification of a novel genetic locus that is required for in vitro adhesion of a clinical isolate of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli to epithelial cells
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- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 35 (2) , 275-288
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01690.x
Abstract
Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) are food‐borne intestinal pathogens with a low infectious dose. Adhesion of some EHEC strains to epithelial cells is attributed, in part, to intimin, but ot...Keywords
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