Identification and characterization of a phase-variable nonfimbrial Salmonella typhimurium gene that alters O-antigen production

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 5725-5730

  Kwan, Lola Y ^a   Isaacson, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; O ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0031772729     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.12.5725-5730.1998     Document Type: Article

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