The genes responsible for O-antigen synthesis of Vibrio cholerae O139 are closely related to those of Vibrio cholerae O22

Gene

Volumn 237, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 321-332

  Yamasaki, Shinji ^a   Shimizu, Takeshi ^a   Hoshino, Katsuaki ^a   Ho, Soon Tae ^a   Shimada, Toshio ^b   Nair, G Balakrish ^c   Takeda, Yoshifumi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

O antigen; O antigen biosynthesis gene; Vibrio cholerae O139; Vibrio cholerae O22

Indexed keywords

O ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; O ANTIGENS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEROTYPING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0032871197     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00344-3     Document Type: Article

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