Physical and genetic map of the chromosome of Dichelobacter nodosus strain A198

Gene

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 291-298

  La Fontaine, Sharon ^a,b   Rood, Julian I ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fimbria; Footrot; Genome map; Physical map; Protease; rrn loci; Sheep; vap; Virulence; vrl

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, CIRCULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GRAM-NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; LINKAGE (GENETICS); VIRULENCE;

EID: 0031013673     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00617-8     Document Type: Article

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