Differences in adherence and virulence gene expression between two outbreak strains of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7

Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 408-419

  Abu Ali, Galeb S ^a   Ouellette, Lindsey M ^a   Henderson, Scott T ^a   Whittam, Thomas S ^a   Manning, Shannon D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VEROTOXIN 2; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL ASSAY; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPIDEMIC; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTESTINE CELL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CATTLE; CELL LINE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH AMERICA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA TOXIN 2; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 76449086019     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.033126-0     Document Type: Article

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