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Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A

2005

Escherichia

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Bovine Feces From Animals With Gastrointestinal Infections Are A Source Of Serologically Diverse Atypical Enteropathogenic Escherichia Coli And Shiga Toxin-Producing E. Coli Strains That Commonly Possess Intimin, Michael A Hornitzky, Kim Mercieca, Karl A Bettelheim, Steven P. Djordjevic Jan 2005

Bovine Feces From Animals With Gastrointestinal Infections Are A Source Of Serologically Diverse Atypical Enteropathogenic Escherichia Coli And Shiga Toxin-Producing E. Coli Strains That Commonly Possess Intimin, Michael A Hornitzky, Kim Mercieca, Karl A Bettelheim, Steven P. Djordjevic

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) cells were isolated from 191 fecal samples from cattle with gastrointestinal infections (diagnostic samples) collected in New South Wales, Australia. By using a multiplex PCR, E. coli cells possessing combinations of stx1, stx2, eae, and ehxA were detected by a combination of direct culture and enrichment in E. coli (EC) (modified) broth followed by plating on vancomycin-cefixime-cefsulodin blood (BVCC) agar for the presence of enterohemolytic colonies and on sorbitol MacConkey agar for the presence of non-sorbitol-fermenting colonies. The high prevalence of the intimin gene eae …


Replication Termination In Escherichia Coli: Structure And Anti-Helicase Activity Of The Tus-Ter Complex, Cameron Neylon, Andrew V. Kralicek, Thomas M. Hill, Nicholas E. Dixon Jan 2005

Replication Termination In Escherichia Coli: Structure And Anti-Helicase Activity Of The Tus-Ter Complex, Cameron Neylon, Andrew V. Kralicek, Thomas M. Hill, Nicholas E. Dixon

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A

The arrest of DNA replication in Escherichia coli is triggered by the encounter of a replisome with a Tus protein-Ter DNA complex. A replication fork can pass through a Tus-Ter complex when traveling in one direction but not the other, and the chromosomal Ter sites are oriented so replication forks can enter, but not exit, the terminus region. The Tus-Ter complex acts by blocking the action of the replicative DnaB helicase, but details of the mechanism are uncertain. One proposed mechanism involves a specific interaction between Tus-Ter and the helicase that prevents further DNA unwinding, while …