Genetic organization of the O7-specific lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis cluster of Escherichia coli VW187 (O7:K1)

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2485-2495

  Marolda, Cristina L ^a   Feldman, Mario F ^a,b   Valvano, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b FUNDACIÓN INSTITUTO LELOIR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Lipopolysaccharide (LPS); O antigen; PCR serotyping; wb (rfb) gene cluster

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032829234     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-9-2485     Document Type: Article

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