Contribution of a novel gene, rpeA, encoding a putative autotransporter adhesin to intestinal colonization by rabbit-specific enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 4664-4669

  Leyton, Denisse L ^a   Adams, Louise M ^b   Kelly, Michelle ^a   Sloan, Joan ^a   Tauschek, Marija ^b   Robins Browne, Roy M ^b,c   Hartland, Elizabeth L ^a,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; CARRIER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CODE; INTESTINE INFECTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RPEA GENE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS;

EID: 34548481341     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00972-06     Document Type: Article

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