Virulence and outer membrane properties of a galU mutant of Klebsiella pneumoniae CG43

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 255-261

  Chang, Hwan You ^a   Lee, Jean Hsien ^a   Deng, Wen Ling ^a   Fu, Tzu Fun ^a   Peng, Hwei Ling ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

gaIU mutant; Klebsiella pneumoniae; outer membrane properties

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029882684     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1996.0024     Document Type: Article

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