Serotype 1a O-antigen modification: Molecular characterization of the genes involved and their novel organization in the Shigella flexneri chromosome

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 4711-4718

  Adhikari, Pradip ^a,b   Allison, Gwen ^a   Whittle, Belinda ^a   Verma, Naresh K ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b THERAPEUTIC GOODS ADMINISTRATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

O ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

ANIMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PUFFINUS AURICULARIS; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 0032794150     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.15.4711-4718.1999     Document Type: Article

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