Characterization of the α-haemolysin determinant from the human enteropathogenic Escherichia coli O26 plasmid pEO5

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 292, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-202

  Burgos, Ylanna Kelner ^a,b   Pries, Karin ^a   Pestana De Castro, Antonio Fernando ^b   Beutin, Lothar ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

haemolysin; EHEC; EPEC; Escherichia coli; O26; Virulence plasmid

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYSIN;

ALPHA HLYCABD GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI O26; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSPOSON;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE ORDER; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNTENY;

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MURINAE;

EID: 60349113979     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01496.x     Document Type: Article

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