Rfah promotes the ability of the avian pathogenic escherichia coli O2 strain E058 to cause avian colibacillosis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2474-2480

  Gao, Qingqing ^a   Xu, Huiqing ^a   Wang, Xiaobo ^a   Zhang, Debao ^a   Ye, Zhengqin ^a   Gao, Song ^a   Liu, Xiufan ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AVIAN COLIBACILLOSIS; AVIAN PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHICKEN; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RFAH GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COINFECTION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MACROPHAGES; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; PHENOTYPE; POULTRY DISEASES; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84877939810     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02074-12     Document Type: Article

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