Analysis of the EHEC hly operon and its location in the physical map of the large plasmid of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 907-914

  Schmidt, Herbert ^a   Kernbach, Christian ^a   Karch, Helge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

EHEC hly operon; Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7; hlyBD genes; Plasmid pO157; RTX determinant

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029996175     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-142-4-907     Document Type: Article

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