The large plasmids of Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are highly variable genetic elements

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1005-1014

  Brunder, Werner ^a   Schmidt, Herbert ^a   Frosch, Matthias ^a   Karch, Helge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

espP; Plasmids; Serine protease; Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli; Variability

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; PEROXIDASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SHIGA TOXIN; SORBITOL;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032942604     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-5-1005     Document Type: Article

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