The dispersin-encoding gene (aap) is not restricted to enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-84

  Monteiro, Bianca T ^a   Campos, Leila C ^b   Sircili, Marcelo P ^a   Franzolin, Marcia R ^a   Bevilacqua, Luciano F ^a   Nataro, James P ^c   Elias, Waldir P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Dispersin; Enteroaggregative E. coli; Multiplex PCR

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; BACTERIAL DNA; DISPERSIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROINVASIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 68249084998     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.05.011     Document Type: Article

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