Identification of a new hemolysin from diarrheal isolate SSU of Aeromonas hydrophila

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 275, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 301-311

  Erova, Tatiana E ^a   Sha, Jian ^a   Horneman, Amy J ^b   Borchardt, Mark A ^c   Khajanchi, Bijay K ^a   Fadl, Amin A ^a   Chopra, Ashok K ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemical characterization; DNA fingerprinting; Gene distribution; Hemolytic activity; Sequencing and expression of the hlyA gene

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; HEMOLYSIN; TRYPSIN;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DIARRHEA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HEMOLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIARRHEA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 34548736529     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00895.x     Document Type: Article

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