DNA fragments from regions involved in surface antigen expression specifically identify Listeria monocytogenes serovar 4 and a subset thereof: Cluster IIB (serotypes 4b, 4d, and 4e)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1077-1082

  Lei, X H ^a   Promadej, N ^a   Kathariou, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA PROBE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; GENE CLUSTER; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0031018069     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.3.1077-1082.1997     Document Type: Article

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