DNA sequence analysis of the composite plasmid pTC conferring virulence and antimicrobial resistance for porcine enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 302, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-9

  Fekete, Péter Z ^a   Brzuszkiewicz, Elzbieta ^b,e   Blum Oehler, Gabriele ^c   Olasz, Ferenc ^d   Szabó, Mónika ^d   Gottschalk, Gerhard ^b   Hacker, Jörg ^e   Nagy, Béla ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^e German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC); Sequence analysis; Toxin specific locus (TSL); Virulence and antibiotic resistance plasmid

Indexed keywords

DNA; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC STABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENETIC LOCI; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 81255161714     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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