Comparison of ViaB regions of Vi-positive organisms

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-57

  Hashimoto, Yasuhiro ^a   Khan, Abdul Quayum ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Salmonella typhi; Vi antigen; ViaB region; vipR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA DUBLIN; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI C; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER FREUNDII; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR DUBLIN; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR PARATYPHI C; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

EID: 0031416124     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00453-9     Document Type: Article

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