An avian pathogenic Escherichia coli strain produces a hemolysin, the expression of which is dependent on cyclic AMP receptor protein gene function

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 227-238

  Nagai, Shinya ^a   Yagihashi, Takeshi ^a   Ishihama, Akira ^b  

^a NIPPON INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chicken bacteria; Escherichia coil; Genetics; Hemolysis

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHICKENS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0032574132     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(98)00144-8     Document Type: Article

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