Genetic analysis for the lack of expression of the 0157 antigen in an O rough:H7 escherichia coli strain

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 945-947

  Rump, Lydia V ^a,b   Feng, Peter C H ^a   Fischer, Markus ^b   Monday, Steven R ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; TOXIGENIC;

ANTIGENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; O ANTIGEN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; OPERON;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; O ANTIGENS; OPERON;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 75749110993     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02046-09     Document Type: Article

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