Virulence and arsenic resistance in yersiniae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 612-619

  Neyt, Cécile ^a   Iriarte, Maite ^a   Thi, Vinh Ha ^a   Cornelis, Guy R ^a,b  

^a International Institute of Cellular and Molecular Pathology   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON; YERSINIA;

EID: 0031016475     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.3.612-619.1997     Document Type: Article

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