The genetic analysis of the flp locus of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 167-176

  Li, Tingting ^a   Xu, Zhuofei ^a   Zhang, Tengfei ^a   Li, Lu ^a   Chen, Huanchun ^a   Zhou, Rui ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae; Adherence and colonization; Flp pili; Reference strains; The flp operon

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; FIMBRIA; FLP GENE; FLP1 GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL LINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWINE; VIRULENCE;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SUS;

EID: 84857922606     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: 1432072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-011-0741-6     Document Type: Article

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