The presence of genes homologous to the K88 genes faeH and faeI on the virulence plasmid of Salmonella gallinarum

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 255-260

  Rychlik, I ^a   Lovell, M A ^b   Barrow, P A ^b  

^a VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FaeH; FaeI; Invasion; Salmonella gallinarum; Virulence plasmid

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; INOCULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA DUBLIN; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; SALMONELLA; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERITIDIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA CHOLERAESUIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR DUBLIN; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR GALLINARUM; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0032519701     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00579-X     Document Type: Article

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