Type-specific contributions to chromosome size differences in Escherichia coli

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 230-236

  Rode, Christopher K ^a   Melkerson Watson, Lyla J ^a   Johnson, Amanda T ^a   Bloch, Craig A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION SITE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032944215     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.1.230-236.1999     Document Type: Article

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