Structural and genetic characterization of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O145 O antigen and development of an O145 serogroup-specific PCR assay

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 758-764

  Feng, Lu ^a,b   Senchenkova, Sof'ya N ^d   Tao, Jiang ^a   Shashkov, Alexander S ^d   Liu, Bin ^a   Shevelev, Sergei D ^d   Reeves, Peter R ^e   Xu, Jianguo ^c   Knirel, Yuriy A ^d   Wang, Lei ^a,b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tianjin Biochip Corporation   (China)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d N D ZELINSKY INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 ACETAMIDOYLAMINO 2,6 DIDEOXY LEVO GALACTOSE; MONOSACCHARIDE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; O ANTIGEN; SUGAR; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BASE PAIRING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI 0145; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRAIT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO SUGARS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; O ANTIGENS; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHIGELLA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ARIZONAE; SHIGELLA;

EID: 19944426406     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.2.758-764.2005     Document Type: Article

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