Evolutionary perspective on a composite Shigella flexneri 2a virulence plasmid-borne locus comprising three distinct genetic elements

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-20

  Rajakumar, Kumar ^a   Luo, Fei ^a   Sasakawa, Chihiro ^b   Adler, Ben ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

IS911; mobile element; Shigella; virulence plasmid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI 2A;

EID: 0030588141     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00331-X     Document Type: Article

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