Novel roles for autotransporter adhesin AatA of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli: Colonization during infection and cell aggregation

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 328-338

  Wang, Shaohui ^a   Xia, Yongjie ^a   Dai, Jianjun ^a   Shi, Zhenyu ^a   Kou, Yahui ^a   Li, Huiqin ^a   Bao, Yinli ^a   Lu, Chengping ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

aatA gene; Adhesion; Aggregation; APEC; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; PROTEIN AATA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL AGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBTRACTIVE HYBRIDIZATION; WILD TYPE;

ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CHICKENS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DUCKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LUNG; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POULTRY DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 80755180936     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2011.00862.x     Document Type: Article

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