The type 4 fimbrial subunit gene of Pasteurella multocida

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 79-90

  Doughty, Stephen W ^a   Ruffolo, Carmel G ^a   Adler, Ben ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fimbriae; Fowl cholera; P. multocida

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FIMBRIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLIFORMES; NEGIBACTERIA; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA;

EID: 0033950869     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(99)00189-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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