Identification and characterization of putative virulence genes and gene clusters in Aeromonas hydrophila PPD134/91

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4469-4477

  Yu, H B ^a   Zhang, Y L ^b   Lau, Y L ^a   Yao, F ^a   Vilches, S ^c   Merino, S ^c   Tomas, J M ^c   Howard, S P ^d   Leung, K Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENS; BACTERIA; DNA; GENES; MUTAGENESIS;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; GENE CLUSTERS; GENOMIC ISLANDS (GI); PATHOGENESIS; SECRETION SYSTEMS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

DNA FRAGMENT; METALLOPROTEINASE; O ANTIGEN; SERINE PROTEINASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DELETION MUTANT; FISH; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOMIC ISLAND; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LETHAL DOSE; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FISH DISEASES; GENE DELETION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PERCIFORMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 23744504521     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.8.4469-4477.2005     Document Type: Article

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