Identification of novel chromosomal loci affecting Yersinia enterocolitica pathogenesis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 319-328

  Young, Glenn M ^a,b   Miller, Virginia L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCATION; LYMPHOID CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIS CATUS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0030877188     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.4661829.x     Document Type: Article

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