Influence of RecA on in vivo virulence and Shiga toxin 2 production in Escherichia coli pathogens

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-23

  Fuchs, Sibylle ^a   Mühldorfer, Inge ^a   Donohue Rolfe, Arthur ^b   Kerényi, Monika ^c   Emödy, Levente ^c   Alexiev, Rossen ^d   Nenkov, Plamen ^d   Hacker, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^d NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

EHEC; In vivo virulence; Phage; RecA; Shiga toxin; UPEC

Indexed keywords

RECA PROTEIN; SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; LETHALITY; LUNG TOXICITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

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

EID: 0033166233     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1999.0279     Document Type: Article

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