A deletion in the sapA homologue cluster is responsible for the loss of the S-layer in Campylobacter fetus strain TK

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 196-201

  Fujita, Masaki ^a   Moriya, Tetsuhiro ^a   Fujimoto, Shuji ^a   Hara, Nobuyuki ^a   Amako, Kazunobu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

antigenic variation; Campylobacter fetus; chi sequence; promoter; sapA homologues; surface layer

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS;

EID: 0031002578     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050435     Document Type: Article

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