Classification of perA sequences and their correlation with autoaggregation in typical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli isolates collected in Japan and Thailand

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 184-195

  Iida, Mariko ^a,b   Okamura, Noboru ^a   Yamazaki, Mitsugu ^c   Yatsuyanagi, Jun ^d   Kurazono, Takayuki ^e   Suzuki, Rieko ^f   Hiruta, Noriaki ^g   Isobe, Junko ^h   Seto, Kazuko ⁱ   Kawano, Kimiko ^j   Narimatsu, Hiroshi ^k   Ratchtrachenchai, Orn Anong ^l   Okabe, Nobuhiko ^b   Ito, Kenitiro ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c AICHI PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^d AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Saitama Prefectural Institute of Public Health   (Japan)

^f KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^g Yokohama City Institute of Public Health   (Japan)

^h Toyama Public Health Center   (Japan)

ⁱ OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^j Miyazaki Pref Inst Pub Hlth E   (Japan)

^k Oita Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment   (Japan)

^l NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

bfpA; Bundle forming pilus; Enteropathogenic escherichia coli; perA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BFPA PROTEIN; PERA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL AGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPITHELIUM CELL; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYSIS; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAPAN; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THAILAND;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL LINE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIS; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; THAILAND; VIRULENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PERA;

EID: 77951062383     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2010.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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