Evolution of virulence factors in Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 9-10, 1999, Pages 735-741

  Boerlin, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Evolution; Hemolysin; Locus of enterocyte effacement; Plasmid; Shiga toxin; SLTEC; STEC; Virulence; VTEC

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN; SHIGA TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER; INTESTINE CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032718249     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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