afa-8 Gene cluster is carried by a pathogenicity island inserted into the tRNAPhe of human and bovine pathogenic Escherichia coli isolates

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 937-948

  Lalioui, L ^a   Le Bouguenec C ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; INTEGRASE; TRANSFER RNA;

AFA 8 OPERON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; RNA, TRANSFER, PHE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035143588     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.2.937-948.2001     Document Type: Article

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