Hyperadherence of an hha mutant of Escherichia coli O157:H7 is correlated with enhanced expression of LEE-encoded adherence genes

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 189-196

  Sharma, Vijay K ^a   Carlson, Steven A ^a   Casey, Thomas A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

EHEC; Escherichia coli O157:H7; hha; LEE

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE CONTROL; HEP 2 CELL; HOST CELL; LACTOSE OPERON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL LINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; OPERON; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 12844272324     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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