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Predominance of the PapGII allele among avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) with high sequence homology to human isolates.
Communications in agricultural and applied biological sciences - 1 Jan 2003
Vandemaele F J, Mugasa J P, Goddeeris B M
Abstract excerpt
Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) is often found in poultry and is responsible for a set of diseases, commonly referred to as avian colibacillosis. One of the important virulence factors is adhesion to different epithelial surfaces, which is mediated by pili. P pili are thought to play a role by means of their PapG adhesin, which occurs in three molecular variants: PapGI, PapGII and PapGIII. This study is...
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