Gene clusters encoding the cytotoxic necrotizing factor type 1, Prs-fimbriae and alpha-hemolysin form the pathogenicity island II of the uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain J96.

doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1995.tb07415.x

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Gene clusters encoding the cytotoxic necrotizing factor type 1, Prs-fimbriae and alpha-hemolysin form the pathogenicity island II of the uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain J96.

FEMS microbiology letters - 15 Feb 1995

Blum G, Falbo V, Caprioli A, Hacker J

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The uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain J96 (04:K6) is able to produce four adherence factors [P-fimbriae (pap and prs), F1C-fimbriae (foc) and Type 1-fimbriae (fim)], two alpha-hemolysins (hlyI and II) and the cytotoxic necrotizing factor type 1 (cnf1). Using phenotypic test systems and genoty...

Topics

Adhesins, Bacterial
Bacterial Toxins
Chromosome Mapping
Cytotoxins
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli Proteins
Hemolysin Proteins
Multigene Family
Mutation

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