Mutation of the htrB gene in a virulent Salmonella typhimurium strain by intergeneric transduction: Strain construction and phenotypic characterization

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 5521-5533

  Sunshine, Melvin G ^a   Gibson, Bradford W ^b   Engstrom, Jeffrey J ^b   Nichols, Wade A ^a   Jones, Bradley D ^a   Apicella, Michael A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MURINAE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0030930395     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.17.5521-5533.1997     Document Type: Article

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