Gene clusters encoding the cytotoxic necrotizing factor type 1, Prs-fimbriae and α-hemolysin form the pathogenicity island II of the uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain J96

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 189-195

  Blum, Gabriele ^a   Falbo, Vincenzo ^b   Caprioli, Alfredo ^b   Hacker, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytotoxic necrotizing factor 1; Escherichia coli; Hemolysin; P fimbriae; Pathogenicity islands; Urovirulence

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CYTOTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028985139     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(95)00009-T     Document Type: Article

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