Structural organization of virulence-associated plasmids of Yersinia pestis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 5192-5202

  Hu, Ping ^a   Elliott, Jeffrey ^a   McCready, Paula ^a   Skowronski, Evan ^a   Garnes, Jeffrey ^a   Kobayashi, Arthur ^a   Brubaker, Robert R ^b   Garcia, Emilio ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YERSINIA PESTIS;

YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0031661018     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.19.5192-5202.1998     Document Type: Article

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