A Newly Discovered Verotoxin Variant, VT2g, Produced by Bovine Verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 7549-7553

  Leung, P H M ^a   Peiris, J S M ^a   Ng, W W S ^b   Robins Browne, R M ^c   Bettelheim, K A ^c   Yam, W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA SEQUENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STRAIN; TOXICITY;

CYTOTOXICITY; HOMOLOGY; VEROTOXIN (VT);

MICROBIOLOGY;

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEROTOXIN; VEROTOXIN VT; VEROTOXIN VT2; VEROTOXIN VT2G; SHIGA LIKE TOXIN 2 VARIANT, VT2G; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN 2 VARIANT, VT2G; VEROTOXIN 2;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VERO CELL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE DISEASE; CERCOPITHECUS; CHEMISTRY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; SEROTYPING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II; VERO CELLS;

EID: 2142743315     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.12.7549-7553.2003     Document Type: Article

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