Identification of new verocytotoxin type 2 variant B-subunit genes in human and animal Escherichia coli isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3317-3322

  Pierard D ^a   Muyldermans, G ^a   Moriau, L ^a   Stevens, D ^a   Lauwers, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031671439     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.11.3317-3322.1998     Document Type: Article

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