Identification, genomic organization, and analysis of the group III capsular polysaccharide genes kpsD, kpsM, kpsT, and kpsE from an extraintestinal isolate of Escherichia coli (CP9, O4/K54/H5)

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 338-349

  Russo, Thomas A ^a,b,c   Wenderoth, Suzanne ^a,d   Carlino, Ulrike B ^a,b   Merrick, Joseph M ^a,b   Lesse, Alan J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031936564     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.2.338-349.1998     Document Type: Article

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