Comparison of eae, tir, espA and espB genes of bovine and human attaching and effacing Escherichia coli by multiplex polymerase chain reaction

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 177-182

  China, Bernard ^a   Goffaux, Frédéric ^a   Pirson, Vinciane ^a   Mainil, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attaching and effacing Escherichia coli; Polymerase chain reaction; Virulence gene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; VIRULENCE;

BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032809391     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00352-3     Document Type: Article

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