Virulence gene deletion frequency is increased in Shigella flexneri following conjugation, transduction, and transformation

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 163-172

  Porter, Megan E ^a   Dorman, Charles J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

genetic stability; Shigella flexneri; virulence plasmid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONJUGATION; GENE DELETION; GENE TRANSFER; MUTATION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; VIRULENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPORATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LAC OPERON; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 0031042974     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00525-3     Document Type: Article

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