Naturally occurring deletions in the centisome 63 pathogenicity island of environmental isolates of Salmonella spp.

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1267-1272

  Ginocchio, Christine C ^a,c   Rahn, K ^b   Clarke, R C ^b   Galan J E ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Health of Animals Laboratory   (Canada)

^c NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE SEQUENCE; HYBRIDIZATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 0030898137     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.4.1267-1272.1997     Document Type: Article

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