Urease genes in non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli: Mostly silent but valuable markers for pathogenicity

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 483-486

  Friedrich, Alex W ^a   Lukas, R ^a   Mellmann, A ^a   Kock R ^a   Zhang, W ^a   Mathys, W ^a   Bielaszewska, M ^a   Karch, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eae; Escherichia coli; Intimin; Shiga toxin; Urease; UreC; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; UREASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI 0111; ESCHERICHIA COLI 0145; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; STOP CODON; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33645651534     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01379.x     Document Type: Article

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