The type VI secretion system plays a role in type 1 fimbria expression and pathogenesis of an avian pathogenic Escherichia coli strain

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4990-4998

  De Pace, Fernanda ^a   Nakazato, Gerson ^a   Pacheco, Alline ^b   De Paiva, Jacqueline Boldrin ^a   Sperandio, Vanessa ^b   Da Silveira, Wanderley Dias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; PROTEIN CLPV; PROTEIN HCP; TRANSCRIPTOME; TYPE 1 FIMBRIA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AVIAN COLIBACILLOSIS; AVIAN PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL INVASION; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FIMBRIA; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HELA CELL; HEN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROPHAGE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPTICEMIA; TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; CHICKENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POULTRY DISEASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS;

EID: 78649943712     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00531-10     Document Type: Article

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