PMID:20040078
| Citation |
Lescat, M, Hoede, C, Clermont, O, Garry, L, Darlu, P, Tuffery, P, Denamur, E and Picard, B (2009) aes, the gene encoding the esterase B in Escherichia coli, is a powerful phylogenetic marker of the species. BMC Microbiol. 9:273 |
|---|---|
| Abstract |
Previous studies have established a correlation between electrophoretic polymorphism of esterase B, and virulence and phylogeny of Escherichia coli. Strains belonging to the phylogenetic group B2 are more frequently implicated in extraintestinal infections and include esterase B2 variants, whereas phylogenetic groups A, B1 and D contain less virulent strains and include esterase B1 variants. We investigated esterase B as a marker of phylogeny and/or virulence, in a thorough analysis of the esterase B-encoding gene. |
| Links |
PubMed PMC2805673 Online version:10.1186/1471-2180-9-273 |
| Keywords |
Acetylesterase/genetics; Animals; Bacterial Typing Techniques; DNA, Bacterial/genetics; Escherichia coli/classification; Escherichia coli/enzymology; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/pathogenicity; Escherichia coli Infections/microbiology; Escherichia coli Proteins/genetics; Female; Genetic Complementation Test; Mice; Models, Molecular; Phylogeny; Protein Structure, Tertiary; Sequence Alignment; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Serine Endopeptidases/genetics; Virulence |
| edit table |
Significance
You can help EcoliWiki by summarizing why this paper is useful
Useful Materials and Methods
You can help Ecoliwiki by describing the useful materials (strains, plasmids, antibodies, etc) described in this paper.
Annotations
<annotationlinks/>
EcoliWiki Links
Add links to pages that link here (e.g. gene, product, method pages)
See also
References
See Help:References for how to manage references in EcoliWiki.