Characterization of the eaeA gene from rabbit enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strain RDEC-1 and comparison to other eaeA genes from bacteria that cause attaching-effacing lesions

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 144, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 249-258

  Agin, Tonia S ^a   Cantey, J Robert ^b   Boedeker, Edgar C ^a,c   Wolf, Marcia K ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attaching effacing lesion; eaeA gene; Escherichia coli strain RDEC 1; Intimin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAFNIA ALVEI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030296939     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00371-0     Document Type: Article

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