Comparative genomics of multiple plasmids from APEC associated with clonal outbreaks demonstrates major similarities and identifies several potential vaccine-targets

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 158, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 384-393

  Olsen, Rikke Heidemann ^a   Christensen, Henrik ^a   Bisgaard, Magne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

APEC; Plasmids; Vaccine target; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLICIN; EITABC PROTEIN; HLYF PROTEIN; IROBCDEN PROTEIN; ISS PROTEIN; IUTA PROTEIN; LUCABCD PROTEIN; OMPT PROTEIN; SITABCD PROTEIN; TRAT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AVIAN PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENOMICS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PERITONITIS; PLASMID; SALPINGITIS; SEPSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; COLICINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS;

AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84862554002     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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