Cloning, sequencing and molecular analysis of the Campylobacter jejuni groESL bicistronic operon

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-98

  Thies, Frank L ^a,b   Weishaupt, Andreas ^a   Karch, Helge ^a   Hartung, Hans Peter ^a,c   Giegerich, Gerhard ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Institute of Tropical Medicine   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Campylobacter jejuni; groESL operon; Heat shock

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CHAPERONIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032922207     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-1-89     Document Type: Article

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