A Shigella flexneri invasion plasmid gene, ipgH, with homology to IS629 and sequences encoding bacterial sugar phosphate transport proteins

Gene

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 23-27

  Venkatesan, Malabi M ^a   Alexander, William A ^a,c   Fernandez Prada, Carmen ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteric bacteria; ipaH flanking sequences; Recombinant DNA

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; SUGAR PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE FUSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERIC BACTERIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0030579144     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00115-1     Document Type: Article

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