Escherichia coli clone Sonnei (Shigella sonnei) had a chromosomal O- antigen gene cluster prior to gaining its current plasmid-borne O-antigen genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2983-2986

  Lai, Vincent ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Reeves, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

O ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 0032463022     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.11.2983-2986.1998     Document Type: Article

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