Salmonella enteritidis agfBAC operon encoding thin, aggregative fimbriae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 662-667

  Collinson, S Karen ^a   Clouthier, Sharon C ^a   Doran, James L ^a,b   Banser, Pamela A ^a   Kay, William W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Microtek International Inc Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FIMBRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AGFA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERITIDIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

EID: 0030068981     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.3.662-667.1996     Document Type: Article

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