Effect of mutations in Shigella flexneri chromosomal and plasmid-encoded lipopolysaccharide genes on invasion and serum resistance

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 779-791

  Hong, Mei ^a   Payne, Shelley M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 0030973246     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.3731744.x     Document Type: Article

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