Comparison of ruminant and human attaching and effacing Escherichia coli (AEEC) strains

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 341-348

  Horcajo, Pilar ^a   Domínguez Bernal, Gustavo ^a   de la Fuente, Ricardo ^a   Ruiz Santa Quiteria, José A ^a   Blanco, Jesús E ^b   Blanco, Miguel ^b   Mora, Azucena ^b   Dahbi, Ghizlane ^b   López, Cecilia ^b   Puentes, Beatriz ^b   Alonso, María Pilar ^c   Blanco, Jorge ^b   Orden, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c Unidade de Microbioloxía Clínica   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atypical enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC); Enterohemorrhagic E. coli; EPEC O26; Intimin ; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EAEP PROTEIN; EFA1 PROTEIN; ESPG PROTEIN; ESPH PROTEIN; ESPI PROTEIN; ESPP PROTEIN; EXHA PROTEIN; KATP PROTEIN; LIFA PROTEIN; MAP PROTEIN; PAA PROTEIN; TCCP2 PROTEIN; TOXB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTACHING AND EFFACING ESCHERICHIA COLI; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BOVIDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; DIARRHEA; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; RUMINANTS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PAA;

EID: 84857046690     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.08.034     Document Type: Article

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