The rfaD locus: A region of rearrangement in Vibrio cholerae O139

Gene

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-47

  Vimont, S ^a   Dumontier, S ^a   Escuyer, V ^a   Berche, P ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

rfaD; Vibrio cholerae O139

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COSMIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE LIBRARY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; O ANTIGENS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0031023701     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00625-7     Document Type: Article

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