Cloning and sequence analysis of another Shiga-like toxin IIe variant gene (slt-IIera) from an Escherichia coli R107 strain isolated from rabbit

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 805-808

  Kim, Sang Hyun ^a,b   Cha, In Ho ^b   Kim, Kyoung Sook ^b   Kim, Yong Hwan ^a   Lee, Young Choon ^b  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Pathogenesis; Shiga toxin gene

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COVALENT BOND; CROSS REACTION; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; RABBIT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GENE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030668390     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1997.tb01931.x     Document Type: Article

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