Genetic relatedness of the basic replicon of the virulence plasmid in shigellae and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 267-274

  Makino, Sou ichi ^a   Sasakawa, Chihiro ^a   Yoshikawa, Masanosuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

basic replicon; DNA DNA hybridization; enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC); incompatibility; Shigella; virulence plasmid

Indexed keywords

DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INCOMPATIBILITY; NONHUMAN; SHIGELLA; VIRULENCE;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMIDS; REPLICON; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0024206066     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0882-4010(88)90099-X     Document Type: Article

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