Use of zebrafish to probe the divergent virulence potentials and toxin requirements of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Wiles, Travis J ^a   Bower, Jean M ^a   Redd, Michael J ^b   Mulvey, Matthew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYTOTOXIC NECROTIZING FACTOR 1; VIRULENCE FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; HLYA PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMBRYO; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHAGOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; PHENOTYPE; VIRULENCE; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 74549172457     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000697     Document Type: Article

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