Identification of the F17 fimbrial subunit- and adhesin-encoding (f17A and f17G) gene variants in necrotoxigenic Escherichia coli from cattle, pigs and humans

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 327-335

  Mainil, J G ^a   Gerardin J ^a   Jacquemin, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; F17 fimbriae; Gene probes; Necrotoxigenicity; PCR

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE;

ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CYTOTOXINS; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SUS SCROFA; VIR;

EID: 0343239132     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(00)00179-6     Document Type: Article

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