Nucleotide sequence analysis of two virulence-associated genes in Listeria monocytogenes serotype 1/2b and comparison with the same genes in other serotypes important in human disease

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 166-168

  Vines, A ^b   Swaminathan, B ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DISEASES; LISTERIA; NUCLEOTIDES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO-ACIDS; GENES ENCODING; HUMAN DISEASE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDES SEQUENCES; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; SEROTYPES;

GENES;

CYTOLYSIN; LISTERIOLYSIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0030980484     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1997.00361.x     Document Type: Article

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