Insight into Shiga toxin genes encoded by Escherichia coli O157 fromwhole genome sequencing

PeerJ

Volumn 2015, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Ashton, Philip M ^a   Perry, Neil ^a   Ellis, Richard ^b   Petrovska, Liljana ^b   Wain, John ^c   Grant, Kathie A ^a   Jenkins, Claire ^a   Dallman, Tim J ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E. coli; Genomics; O157; Sequencing; Stx

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 1A; VEROTOXIN 2; VEROTOXIN 2A; VEROTOXIN 2C;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84926433670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.739     Document Type: Article

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