Molecular evolution of a pathogenicity island from enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3810-3817

  Perna, Nicole T ^a   Mayhew, George F ^a   Pósfai, György ^b   Elliott, Simon ^c   Donnenberg, Michael S ^d   Kaper, James B ^c   Blattner, Frederick R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

^c University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COLITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; HOST CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031823632     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.8.3810-3817.1998     Document Type: Article

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