Sequencing of virulence genes shows limited genetic variability in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-27

  Palonen, Eveliina ^a   Kangas, Susanna ^a   Somervuo, Panu ^a   Lindström, Miia ^a   Fredriksson Ahomaa, Maria ^a   Skurnik, Mikael ^b   Korkeala, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; INVASIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR; YADA PROTEIN, YERSINIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BELGIUM; BRAZIL; CANADA; CHINA; DNA SEQUENCE; FINLAND; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMANY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; ITALY; JAPAN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEROTYPE; START CODON; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FOOD POISONING; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS INFECTION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84873101836     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2012.1247     Document Type: Article

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