A novel pathogenicity island integrated adjacent to the thrW tRNA gene of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli encodes a vacuolating autotransporter toxin

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5087-5096

  Parreira, V R ^a   Gyles, C L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENDOTOXIN; INTEGRASE; PROTEIN TSH; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACUOLATING AUTOTRANSPORTER TOXIN; VACUOLATING TOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELLULITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EMBRYO; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEPTICEMIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THRW GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VACUOLES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0041823436     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.9.5087-5096.2003     Document Type: Article

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