Promiscuous origin of a chimeric sequence in the Escherichia coli O157:H7 genome

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 7614-7617

  LeClerc, J Eugene ^a   Li, Baoguang ^a   Payne, William L ^a   Cebula, Thomas A ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032764023     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.24.7614-7617.1999     Document Type: Article

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