Mutational and transcriptional analyses of an avian pathogenic Escherichia coli ColV plasmid

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Skyberg, Jerod A ^a,b   Johnson, Timothy J ^a,c   Nolan, Lisa K ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHICK EMBRYO; CVAB GENE; EMBRYO; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; IRON GENE; ISS GENE; IUTA GENE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SITA GENE; TSH GENE; URINE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; UPREGULATION; VIRULENCE;

AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MURINAE;

IRON;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHICK EMBRYO; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IRON; MUTATION; OPERON; PLASMIDS; POULTRY DISEASES; UP-REGULATION; URINE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 41149097108     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-8-24     Document Type: Article

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