Identification of virulence genes in isolated Escherichia coli from diarrheic calves and lambs by multiplex polymerase chain reaction

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-196

  Zahraei Salehi, T ^a   Safarchi, A ^a   Rabbani Khorasgani, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

eae; Escherichia coli; espB; hly genes; Multiplex PCR; stx1; stx2; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33644641553     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2006.191.196     Document Type: Article

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