Characterization of the bvgR locus of Bordetella pertussis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1682-1690

  Merkel, Tod J ^a,c   Barros, Cassia ^a   Stibitz, Scott ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PERTUSSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; VIR;

EID: 0031944977     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.7.1682-1690.1998     Document Type: Article

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