Construction of iucB and iucBiutA mutants of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli and evaluation of their pathogenicity

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 159, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 420-431

  Xiong, Liping ^a   Ling, Jielu ^a   Gao, Qingqing ^a   Zhou, Yefei ^a   Li, Tiantian ^a   Gao, Song ^a   Liu, Xiufan ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerobactin; Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli; IucB; IutA; Mutant; Pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

AEROBACTIN; IRON; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL INVASION; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EVALUATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; IRON TRANSPORT; IUCB GENE; IUCBIUTA GENE; IUTA GENE; LETHALITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROXAMIC ACIDS; IRON; MACROPHAGES; PLASMIDS; POULTRY DISEASES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84865622902     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.04.024     Document Type: Article

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