Genomic rearrangements in the flagellin genes of Proteus mirabilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 679-690

  Murphy, Catherine A ^a,b   Belas, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; REVERTANT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BASE SEQUENCE; FLAGELLIN; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

EID: 0032927925     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01209.x     Document Type: Article

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