Pathogenicity island evaluation in Escherichia coli K1 by crossing with laboratory strain K-12

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 3218-3223

  Bloch, Craig A ^a,c   Rode, Christopher K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHIMERA; DNA TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE DELETION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SEPSIS;

EID: 0030017107     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.8.3218-3223.1996     Document Type: Article

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