Identification of a highly conserved lipopolysaccharide (LPS) modification operon in Enterococcus faecalis

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 418, Issue , 1997, Pages 1049-1050

  Hancock, Lynn E ^a   Gilmore, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GENE PRODUCT;

BACTERIAL GENE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030803634     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-1825-3_247     Document Type: Conference Paper

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