Differential expression of stx2 variants in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli belonging to seropathotypes A and C

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 176-186

  de Sablet, Thibaut ^a   Bertin, Yolande ^a   Vareille, Marjolaine ^a   Girardeau, Jean Pierre ^a   Garrivier, Annie ^a   Gobert, Alain P ^a   Martin, Christine ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA; MITOMYCIN C; VEROTOXIN 2; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUPERNATANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; COLIPHAGE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

COLIPHAGES; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN 2; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 38849154192     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/009704-0     Document Type: Article

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