Organization of escherichia coli O157 O antigen gene cluster and identification of its specific genes

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3545-3551

  Wang, Lei ^a   Reeves, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031824601     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.8.3545-3551.1998     Document Type: Article

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