Occurrence and characteristics of the cytolysin A gene in Shigella strains and other members of the family Enterobacteriaceae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-148

  Von Rhein, Christine ^a   Bauer, Susanne ^b   Simon, Valeska ^a   Ludwig, Albrecht ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ClyA; Cytolysin; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia coli; Pore forming toxin; Shigella

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CYTOLYSIN; CYTOLYSIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CITROBACTER AMALONATICUS; CITROBACTER BRAAKII; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CITROBACTER GILLENII; CITROBACTER KOSERI; CITROBACTER MURLINIAE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DATABASE; HAFNIA ALVEI; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 51349147187     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01290.x     Document Type: Article

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