Quorum sensing and expression of virulence in Escherichia coli O157:H7

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-9

  Anand, S K ^a   Griffiths, Mansel W ^b  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli O157:H7; Signal mechanism; Virulence

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HOMOCYSTEINE; HOMOSERINE; INTIMIN; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; SHIGA TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL DENSITY; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEREDITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTESTINE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUORUM SENSING; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO HARVEYI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETICS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0142010086     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(02)00482-8     Document Type: Review

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