Comparative physical and genetic maps of the virulence plasmids of Salmonella enterica serovars typhimurium, enteritidis, choleraesuis, and dublin

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2611-2614

  Chu, Chishih ^a   Hong, Seau Feng ^a   Tsai, Chingju ^a   Lin, Wen Shiun ^a   Liu, Tsui Ping ^a   Ou, Jonathan T ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 0032924519     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.5.2611-2614.1999     Document Type: Article

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