The pap operon of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli strain O1:K1 is located on a novel pathogenicity island

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 744-749

  Kariyawasam, Subhashinie ^a   Johnson, Timothy J ^a   Nolan, Lisa K ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSIALIC ACID; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; AVIAN PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; AVIAN PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI O1:K1; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MAPPING; IREA GENE; KPS GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PAP OPERON; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PHEV GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; TIA GENE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CHICKENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SIALIC ACIDS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 29644439700     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.1.744-749.2006     Document Type: Article

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