Two functional type VI secretion systems in avian pathogenic Escherichia coli are involved in different pathogenic pathways

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3867-3879

  Ma, Jiale ^a,b   Bao, Yinli ^a,b   Sun, Min ^a,b   Dong, Wenyang ^a,b   Pan, Zihao ^a,b   Zhang, Wei ^a,b   Lu, Chengping ^a,b   Yao, Huochun ^a,b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AVIAN PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; HOST CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELL; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUPERNATANT; TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; BIOFILMS; BRAIN; CELL LINE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; DUCKS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; RABBITS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84906070149     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01769-14     Document Type: Article

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