Heterogeneity in phenotypic and genotypic characteristics among strains of Hafnia alvei

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2973-2979

  Ismaili, Arif ^a,b   Bourke, Billy ^a,b   De Azavedo, Joyce C S ^b,c   Ratnam, Samuel ^d   Karmali, Mohamed A ^b   Sherman, Philip M ^a,b,e  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Newfoundland and Labrador Public Health Laboratory   (Canada)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENE; GENOTYPE; HAFNIA ALVEI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAFNIA ALVEI;

EID: 0029862789     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.12.2973-2979.1996     Document Type: Article

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