Increased Pho regulon activation correlates with decreased virulence of an avian pathogenic Escherichia coli O78 strain

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5324-5331

  Bertrand, Nicolas ^a   Houle, Sébastien ^b   LeBihan, Guillaume ^a   Poirier, Édith ^a   Dozois, Charles M ^a,b   Harel, Josée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PHO REGULON PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVIAN COLIBACILLOSIS; AVIAN PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; WILD TYPE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CHICKENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; REGULON; VIRULENCE;

EID: 78649978325     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00452-10     Document Type: Article

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