Sequence of the Escherichia coli O121 O-antigen gene cluster and detection of enterohemorrhagic E. coli O121 by PCR amplification of the wzx and wzy genes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3379-3383

  Fratamico, Pina M ^a   Briggs, Connie E ^a   Needle, Danielle ^b   Chen, Chin Yi ^a   DebRoy, Chitrita ^b  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

O ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; O ANTIGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0038156119     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3379-3383.2003     Document Type: Article

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