Evolution of genomic content in the stepwise emergence of Escherichia coli O157:H7

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1783-1791

  Wick, Lukas M ^a   Qi, Weihong ^a   Lacher, David W ^a   Whittam, Thomas S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMIC ISLAND; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; O ANTIGENS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SHIGA TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 14244251962     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.5.1783-1791.2005     Document Type: Article

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