Export of virulence genes and Shiga toxin by membrane vesicles of Escherichia coli O157:H7

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1843-1848

  Kolling, Glynis L ^a   Matthews, Karl R ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CELL ANTIGEN; CELL PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEINASE K; SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA CONTENT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE TRANSFER; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONTENT;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032959537     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.5.1843-1848.1999     Document Type: Article

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