Molecular evolution and mosaic structure of α, β, and γ intimins of pathogenic Escherichia coli

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 12-22

  McGraw, Elizabeth A ^b   Li, Jia ^b   Selander, Robert K ^b   Whittam, Thomas S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

E. coli O157:H7; Eae; Enteropathogenic E. coli; Intimin; Mosaic gene structure; Pathogenicity islands; Recombination

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; CODON USAGE; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTER MEMBRANE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; YERSINIA;

EID: 0032902128     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026032     Document Type: Article

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