Genetic analysis of the Serratia marcescens N28b O4 antigen gene cluster

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1883-1891

  Saigí, Francesc ^a   Climent, Núria ^a   Piqué, Núria ^a   Sanchez, Cesar ^a   Merino, Susana ^a   Rubirés, Xavier ^a   Aguilar, Alicia ^a   Tomás, Juan M ^a   Regué, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; O ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 0033059942     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.6.1883-1891.1999     Document Type: Article

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