Identification of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli genes that are induced In vivo during infection in chickens

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3343-3351

  Tuntufye, Huruma Nelwike ^a,b   Lebeer, Sarah ^a,c   Gwakisa, Paul Simon ^b   Goddeeris, Bruno Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ENVELOPES; CELLULAR FUNCTION; CHICKEN LIVER; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DNA SEQUENCING; E. COLI; IN-VIVO; PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRANSPORT SYSTEMS;

ANIMALS; CLONING; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

GENE EXPRESSION;

BACTERIAL DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

CLONE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; POULTRY; RECOMBINATION; TRANSLOCATION; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIRD DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIVER; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CHICKENS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIVER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POULTRY DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPLEEN; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 84861125803     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07677-11     Document Type: Article

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