Plasmid maintenance functions of the large virulence plasmid of Shigella flexneri

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3670-3675

  Radnedge, Lyndsay ^a   Davis, Michael A ^a,b   Youngren, Brenda ^a   Austin, Stuart J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; GENETIC STABILITY; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; VIRULENCE;

DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR DUBLIN; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 0030998928     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.11.3670-3675.1997     Document Type: Article

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