A family of stability determinants in pathogenic bacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 6415-6418

  Hayes, Finbarr ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE BIOTYPE AEGYPTIUS; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0031725252     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/.180.23.6415-6418.1998     Document Type: Article

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