Identification of a native Dichelobacter nodosus plasmid and implications for the evolution of the vap regions

Gene

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 111-116

  Billington, Stephen J ^a,d   Sinistaj, Meri ^a,b   Cheetham, Brian F ^c   Ayres, Anna ^a   Moses, Eric K ^b,e   Katz, Margaret E ^c   Rood, Julian I ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Footrot; Genetics; Insertion sequence; Ovine; Virulence

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA INTEGRATION; EVOLUTION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; OVIS;

EID: 0030010948     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00032-7     Document Type: Article

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