Molecular and functional analysis indicates a mosaic structure of Salmonella pathogenicity island 2

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 489-498

  Hensel, Michael ^a   Nikolaus, Thomas ^a   Egelseer, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOSAICISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; VIRULENCE;

SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0032903581     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01190.x     Document Type: Article

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