Prevalence and phylogenetic history of the TcpC virulence determinant in Escherichia coli

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 300, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 429-434

  Schubert, Sören ^a   Nörenberg, Dominik ^a   Clermont, Olivier ^b   Magistro, Giuseppe ^a   Wieser, Andreas ^a   Romann, Eva ^a   Hoffmann, Christiane ^a   Weinert, Kirsten ^a   Denamur, Erick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

DNA transfer; ECOR; ExPEC; Pathogenicity island; Phylogeny; SerU island; TcpC; Tir domain protein

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PYELONEPHRITIS; TCPC GENE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77957017474     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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