Variation in flagellin genes and proteins of Burkholderia cepacia

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1110-1118

  Hales, Barbara A ^a   Morgan, J Alun W ^b   Hart, C Anthony ^c   Winstanley, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLAGELLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031909028     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.5.1110-1118.1998     Document Type: Article

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