Distribution and phylogeny of immunoglobulin-binding protein G in shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli and its association with adherence phenotypes

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3625-3636

  Merkel, Viktor ^a   Ohder, Barbara ^a   Bielaszewska, Martina ^a   Zhang, Wenlan ^a   Fruth, Angelika ^b   Menge, Christian ^c   Borrmann, Erika ^c   Middendorf, Barbara ^a   Müthing, Johannes ^a   Karch, Helge ^a   Mellmann, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; INTIMIN; PROTEIN EIBG ALPHA; PROTEIN EIBG BETA; PROTEIN EIBG GAMMA; SHIGA TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADHESIN; BACTERIAL DNA; EIBG PROTEIN, E COLI; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CATTLE; CELL LINE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CELL LINE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPING; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77955287204     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00006-10     Document Type: Article

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