Molecular characterization of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa serotype O5 (PAO1) B-band lipopolysaccharide gene cluster

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 481-495

  Burrows, L L ^a   Charter, D F ^a   Lam, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEROTYPE;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0029833779     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.1351503.x     Document Type: Article

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