Aerobactin Synthesis Genes iucA and iucC Contribute to the Pathogenicity of Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli O2 Strain E058

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Ling, Jielu ^a   Pan, Haizhu ^a   Gao, Qingqing ^a   Xiong, Liping ^a   Zhou, Yefei ^a   Zhang, Debao ^a   Gao, Song ^a   Liu, Xiufan ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHICKEN; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI E058; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; HEART; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; IUCA GENE; IUCC GENE; KIDNEY; KNOCKOUT GENE; LIVER; LUNG; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROXAMIC ACIDS; POULTRY DISEASES; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84874520168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057794     Document Type: Article

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