The Escherichia coli K-12 shea gene encodes a 34-kDa secreted haemolysin

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 107-115

  Del Castillo, Francisco J ^a   Leal, Sandra C ^a   Moreno, Felipe ^a   Del Castillo, Ignacio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; GENE PRODUCT; HEMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MAPPING; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HEMOLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 0030749399     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.4391813.x     Document Type: Article

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