Flagellin gene variation between clinical and environmental isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei contrasts with the invariance among clinical isolates

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 689-694

  Winstanley, C ^a   Hales, B A ^a   Corkill, J E ^b   Gallagher, M J ^b   Hart, C A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI;

EID: 0031829157     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-47-8-689     Document Type: Article

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