Identification of genes associated with copper tolerance in an adhesion-defective mutant of Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-121

  Francki, Kathy T ^a   Chang, Barbara J ^a   Mee, Brian J ^a   Collignon, Peter J ^b   Susai, Veronica ^a   Keese, Paul K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Ctr Applic Molec Biol Intl A   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adhesin; Adhesion; Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria; Copper tolerance; TnphoA mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; COPPER;

ADHESION; AEROMONAS VERONII; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG TOLERANCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AEROMONAS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; COPPER; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; HUMAN; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

AEROMONAS VERONII; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 0033825283     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(00)00195-4     Document Type: Article

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