Complete DNA sequence of a ColBM plasmid from avian pathogenic Escherichia coli suggests that it evolved from closely related ColV virulence plasmids

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 5975-5983

  Johnson, Timothy J ^a   Johnson, Sara J ^a   Nolan, Lisa K ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBACTIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLICIN; COLICIN B; COLICIN M; COLICIN V; GENE PRODUCT; SALMOCHELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; CBI PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; ISS PROTEIN, E COLI; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AVIAN PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BIRD DISEASE; COLIBACILLOSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PATHOTYPE; PLASMID; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BIRD; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; COLICINS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33748663761     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00204-06     Document Type: Article

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