Effect of lipopolysaccharide mutations on recipient ability of Salmonella typhimurium for incompatibility group H plasmids

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 952-955

  Sherburne, Craig ^a   Taylor, Diane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3 DEOXY MANNO OCTULOSONIC ACID; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0031023777     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.3.952-955.1997     Document Type: Article

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