Aeromonas salmonicida possesses two genes encoding homologs of the major outer membrane protein, OmpA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1623-1630

  Costello, Gerardine M ^a   Vipond, Richard ^a   Macintyre, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0029919614     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.6.1623-1630.1996     Document Type: Article

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