Characterization of a novel type IV pilus locus encoded on the large plasmid of locus of enterocyte effacement-negative Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli strains that are virulent for humans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 3094-3100

  Srimanote, Potjanee ^a   Paton, Adrienne W ^a   Paton, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DNA; SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; INTESTINE CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCYTES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GUINEA PIGS; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS;

EID: 0036263401     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.6.3094-3100.2002     Document Type: Article

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