Prevalence of genes encoding the type three secretion system and the effectors aexT and AexU in the aeromonas veronii group

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 383-388

  Silver, Adam C ^a   Graf, Joerg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AEROMONAS VERONII; AEXT GENE; AEXU GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; EEL; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; LEECH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; VERTEBRATE; AEROMONAS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

AEROMONAS VERONII; HIRUDINIDA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

AEROMONAS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DUCKS; EELS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEECHES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 70249091485     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.2009.0867     Document Type: Article

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