DNA sequencing and analysis of the low-Ca2+-response plasmid pCD1 of Yersinia pestis KIM5

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 4611-4623

  Perry, Robert D ^a,c   Straley, Susan C ^a   Fetherston, Jacqueline D ^a   Rose, Debra J ^b   Gregor, Jason ^b   Blattner, Frederick R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0031711571     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.10.4611-4623.1998     Document Type: Article

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