Identification and characterization of nucleotide sequence differences in three virulence-associated genes of Listeria monocytogenes strains representing clinically important serotypes

Current Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 309-318

  Vines, Angela ^a,b   Swaminathan, Bala ^b  

^a CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL DIACYLGLYCEROL-LYASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0031953773     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900315     Document Type: Article

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