The virulence plasmid-encoded impCAB operon enhances survival and induced mutagenesis in Shigella flexneri after exposure to UV radiation

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1415-1423

  Runyen Janecky, Laura J ^a   Hong, Mei ^a,b   Payne, Shelley M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA REPAIR; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SURVIVAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 0033008433     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.3.1415-1423.1999     Document Type: Article

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