Physical and genetic map of the Listeria monocytogenes EGD serotype 1/2a chromosome

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 281-289

  Von Both, Ulrich ^a   Otten, Sonja ^a   Darbouche, Abdelhak ^a   Domann, Eugen ^a   Chakraborty, Trinad ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Listeria monocytogenes EGD; Physical and genetic map; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE MAPPING; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEROTYPE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VIRULENCE;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENES, BACTERIAL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0032806594     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00207-4     Document Type: Article

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