Characterization of putative virulence genes on the related RepFIB plasmids harbored by Cronobacter spp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3255-3267

  Franco, A A ^a   Hu, L ^a   Grim, C J ^a,b   Gopinath, G ^a   Sathyamoorthy, V ^a   Jarvis, K G ^a,b   Lee, C ^a   Sadowski, J ^a   Kim, J ^a,c   Kothary, M H ^a   McCardell, B A ^a   Tall, B D ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

^c Washington Internship Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COINTEGRATION; IN-SILICO; IRON ACQUISITION; PCR ASSAY; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS; SECRETION SYSTEMS; SIDEROPHORES; STRONG CORRELATION; TRANSPORTER GENES; VIRULENCE GENE; VIRULENCE PLASMIDS;

DNA; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

GENE ENCODING;

BACTERIAL DNA; CARRIER PROTEIN; HELICASE; IRON; REPLICATION INITIATOR PROTEIN; SIDEROPHORE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ASSAY; BACTERIUM; CORRELATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA HELICASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; IRON; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIDEROPHORES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 79958221813     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03023-10     Document Type: Article

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