Impact of the locus of enterocyte effacement pathogenicity island on the evolution of pathogenic Escherichia coli

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 294, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 103-113

  Jores, Joerg ^a   Rumer, Leonid ^a   Wieler, Lothar H ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Evolution; LEE; Pathogenicity island

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; INTIMIN; TRANSFER RNA;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOCUS OF ENTEROCYTE EFFACEMENT; MARKER GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PHEU GENE; PHEV GENE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; SELC GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 4644315305     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2004.06.024     Document Type: Review

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