Cloning and sequence analysis of a novel hemolysin gene (vllY) from Vibrio vulnificus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3851-3857

  Chang, Tsong Min ^a   Chuang, Yin Ching ^b   Su, Jer Horng ^a   Chang, Ming Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; SHEWANELLA COLWELLIANA; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0003408254     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.10.3851-3857.1997     Document Type: Article

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