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In Vitro Assay of Bacterial Adhesion onto Mammalian Epithelial Cells
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In Vitro Assay of Bacterial Adhesion onto Mammalian Epithelial Cells

Published on: May 16, 2011

Identification of a nonfimbrial adhesive factor of an enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strain

A Darfeuille-Michaud, C Forestier, B Joly

    Infection and Immunity
    |May 1, 1986
    PubMed

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