The high-pathogenicity island of Yersinia enterocolitica Ye8081 undergoes low-frequency deletion but not precise excision, suggesting recent stabilization in the genome

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 5091-5099

  Bach, Sandrine ^a   Buchrieser, Carmen ^a   Prentice, Michael ^a,b   Guiyoule, Annie ^a   Msadek, Tarek ^a   Carniel, Elisabeth ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; ESTERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL MOTILITY; CHROMOSOME DELETION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENOME; HYDROLYSIS; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOP CODON; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0032884072     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.10.5091-5099.1999     Document Type: Article

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