Novel vibrio cholerae O139 genes involved in lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2740-2747

  Stroeher, Uwe H ^a   Parasivam, Gayathri ^a   Kate Dredge, B ^a   Manning, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0030901062     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.8.2740-2747.1997     Document Type: Article

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