Characterization of the contribution to virulence of three large plasmids of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli χ7122 (O78:K80:H9)

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1528-1541

  Mellata, Melha ^a   Ameiss, Keith ^a,c   Mo, Hua ^a   Curtiss III, Roy ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVIAN PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE MODEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POULTRY DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77950286827     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00981-09     Document Type: Article

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