Evidence of horizontal gene transfer between human and animal commensal Escherichia coli strains identified by microarray

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 351-358

  Grasselli, Elena ^b   François, Patrice ^a   Gutacker, Michaela ^b   Gettler, Brian ^a   Benagli, Cinzia ^b   Convert, Maruska ^b   Boerlin, Patrick ^c   Schrenzel, Jacques ^a   Piffaretti, Jean Claude ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Istituto Cantonale di Microbiologia   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal; Epidemiology; Escherichia coli; Gene transfer; Human; Pathogen microarray

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL HYBRIDIZATION; COMMENSAL ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SYNTENY;

EID: 48449091389     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2008.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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