Complete genome sequence and comparative metabolic profiling of the prototypical enteroaggregative Escherichia coli strain 042

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Chaudhuri, Roy R ^a   Sebaihia, Mohammed ^b   Hobman, Jon L ^c   Webber, Mark A ^d   Leyton, Denisse L ^d   Goldberg, Martin D ^d   Cunningham, Adam F ^d   Scott Tucker, Anthony ^d   Ferguson, Paul R ^d   Thomas, Christopher M ^d   Frankel, Gad ^e   Tang, Christoph M ^e   Dudley, Edward G ^f   Roberts, Ian S ^g   Rasko, David A ^h   Pallen, Mark J ^d   Parkhill, Julian ^b   Nataro, James P ^h   Thomson, Nicholas R ^b   Henderson, Ian R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIFLAVINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRICLOSAN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBON; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; IRON; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; YTFM PROTEIN, E COLI;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMAN; METABOLIC INHIBITION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SECRETION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER SP.; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IRON; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 77649289609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008801     Document Type: Article

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