Comparison of the nucleotide sequence of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin 1 genes among diarrhea-associated Escherichia coli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-88

  Yamamoto, Tatsuo ^a,b   Wakisaka, Noriko ^a   Sato, Fumihiko ^b   Kato, Aki ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

diarrhea associated Escherichia coli; diffusely adhering Escherichia coli; enteroaggregative Escherichia coli; enteropathogenic Escherichia coli; heat stable enterotoxin gene; variant

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DIARRHEA; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031048723     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00509-5     Document Type: Article

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