The capsule biosynthetic locus of Pasteurella multocida A:1

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 289-296

  Chung, Jing Yeng ^a   Zhang, Yamei ^a   Adler, Ben ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capsule; Genetic locus; Pasteurella multocida; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; GALLIFORMES; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA;

HYALURONIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAME; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYALURONIC ACID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0032529917     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1998.tb13903.x     Document Type: Article

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