Identification of tandem genes involved in lipooligosaccharide expression by Haemophilus ducreyi

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 651-660

  Stevens, Marla K ^a   Klesney Tait, Julia ^a   Lumbley, Sheryl ^a   Walters, K A ^b   Joffe, A Mark ^b   Radolf, Justin D ^a   Hansen, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; DNA; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0031029219     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.2.651-660.1997     Document Type: Article

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