The virulence plasmid of Salmonella typhimurium is self-transmissible

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1364-1368

  Ahmer, Brian M M ^a   Tran, Mimi ^a   Heffron, Fred ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID VECTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0032989880     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.4.1364-1368.1999     Document Type: Article

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