Genetic relatedness of Escherichia coli O157:H7- strains isolated from pigs determined by random amplification of BOX DNA sequences

Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-10

  Osek, Jacek ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

BOX PCR; E. coli O157:H7 ; Molecular relatedness; Pigs; Virulence marker genes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INTIMIN; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; SHIGA TOXIN; TRANSLOCATED INTIMIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONAL VARIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FIMBRIA; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; MARKER GENE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SWINE;

EID: 0036391208     PISSN: 00424870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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