AatA is a novel autotransporter and virulence factor of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 898-906

  Li, Ganwu ^a   Feng, Yaping ^a   Kariyawasam, Subhashinie ^b   Tivendale, Kelly A ^a   Wannemuehler, Yvonne ^a   Zhou, Fanghong ^a   Logue, Catherine M ^c   Miller, Cathy L ^a   Nolan, Lisa K ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; PROTEIN AATA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CELL SURFACE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICKENS; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIBROBLASTS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLASMIDS; POULTRY DISEASES; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77349111724     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00513-09     Document Type: Article

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