Genetic organization of the yersiniabactin biosynthetic region and construction of avirulent mutants in Yersinia pestis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1659-1668

  Bearden, Scott W ^a   Fetherston, Jacqueline D ^a   Perry, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIDEROPHORE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0030895052     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.5.1659-1668.1997     Document Type: Article

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