Identification of intimin alleles in pathogenic Escherichia coli by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-5

  Tramuta, C ^a   Robino, P ^a   Oswald, E ^b   Nebbia, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Intimin; PCR RFLP

Indexed keywords

INTIMIN; INTIMIN ALPHA 1; INTIMIN ALPHA 2; INTIMIN BETA; INTIMIN EPSILON; INTIMIN GAMMA 1; INTIMIN GAMMA 2; INTIMIN IOTA; INTIMIN KAPPA; INTIMIN THETA; INTIMIN ZETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ALLELES; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 37349030225     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-007-9009-7     Document Type: Article

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