Relationship between stx genotype and stx2 expression level in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli o157 strains

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 322-325

  Kawano, Kimiko ^a   Ono, Hidetoshi ^b   Iwashita, Osamu ^c   Kurogi, Mai ^c   Haga, Takeshi ^d   Maeda, Ken ^e   Goto, Yoshitaka ^d  

^a Miyazaki Prefectural Institute for Public Health and Environment   (Japan)

^b Hyuga Meat Inspection Center   (Japan)

^c Tsuno Meat Inspection Center   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^e YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SHIGA TOXIN 2C PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEROTOXIN 2;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHIGA TOXIN 2 GENE; SHIGA TOXIN 2C GENE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84866264001     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.65.322     Document Type: Article

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