Close proximity of the tdh, trh and ure genes on the chromosome of Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2517-2523

  Iida, Tetsuya ^a   Park, Kwon Sam ^a   Suthienkul, Orasa ^a   Kozawa, Junji ^a   Yamaichi, Yoshiharu ^a   Yamamoto, Koichiro ^a   Honda, Takeshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

tdh; trh; ure; Vibrio parahaemolyticus; Virulence factor genes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; UREASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0031665127     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-9-2517     Document Type: Article

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