Cloning, complementation, and characterization of an rfaE homolog from Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 4571-4575

  Levin, James C ^a   Stein, Daniel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYOCIN;

ARTICLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0029745673     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.15.4571-4575.1996     Document Type: Article

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