Salmonella virulence plasmid: Modular acquisition of the spv virulence region by an F-plasmid in Salmonella enterica subspecies I and insertion into the chromosome of subspecies II, IIIa, IV and VII isolates

Genetics

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1183-1190

  Boyd, E Fidelma ^a   Hartl, Daniel L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERITIDIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA BONGORI; SALMONELLA CHOLERAESUIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0031829947     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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