Intimin types determined by heteroduplex mobility assay of intimin gene (eae)-positive Escherichia coli strains

J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Mar;45(3):1038-41. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01103-06. Epub 2007 Jan 17.

Abstract

We developed a quick genetic approach to screen variants of the intimin gene (eae) by using a heteroduplex mobility assay (HMA) that targets the 5' conserved region of eae. The eae variants were categorized into 4 major HMA types and 10 minor subtypes.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adhesins, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Adhesins, Bacterial / metabolism
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • DNA, Bacterial / analysis
  • Escherichia coli / classification*
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Escherichia coli Proteins / genetics*
  • Escherichia coli Proteins / metabolism
  • Genetic Variation
  • Heteroduplex Analysis / methods*
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Serotyping

Substances

  • Adhesins, Bacterial
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Escherichia coli Proteins
  • eaeA protein, E coli

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AB118854
  • GENBANK/AB118855
  • GENBANK/AB118856
  • GENBANK/AB118857
  • GENBANK/AB118858
  • GENBANK/AB118859
  • GENBANK/AB118860
  • GENBANK/AB118861
  • GENBANK/AB118862
  • GENBANK/AB118863
  • GENBANK/AB118864
  • GENBANK/AB118865
  • GENBANK/AB118866
  • GENBANK/AB118867
  • GENBANK/AB118868
  • GENBANK/AB118869
  • GENBANK/AB185253