A large insertion in the Shiga-like toxin 2 gene (stx2) of an Escherichia coli O157:H7 clinical isolate

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 115-124

  Jinneman, Karen C ^a   Weagant, Stephen D ^a   Johnson, Janelle M ^a   Abbott, Sharon L ^b   Hill, Walter E ^a   Tenge, Bradley J ^a   Dang, Ngoc Lan ^a   Ramsden, Richard ^c   Omiecinski, Curtis J ^c  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Microbial Diseases Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

E. coli O157:H7; IS 1203; Shiga like toxin 2

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; VEROTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034631394     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(00)00237-3     Document Type: Article

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