Detection of toxB, a plasmid virulence gene of Escherichia coli O157, in enterohemorrhagic and enteropathogenic E. coli

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4052-4056

  Tozzoli, Rosangela ^a   Caprioli, Alfredo ^a   Morabito, Stefano ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE PROBE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXB GENE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 23744493806     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.8.4052-4056.2005     Document Type: Article

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