The Yersinia high-pathogenicity island is present in different members of the family Enterobacteriaceae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 289-294

  Bach, Sandrine ^a   De Almeida, Alzira ^a   Carniel, Elisabeth ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Citrobacter; Enterobacteria; Klebsiella; Pathogenicity island; Yersinia; Yersiniabactin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SIDEROPHORE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; KLEBSIELLA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; PHENOLS; SIDEROPHORES; THIAZOLES; YERSINIA;

EID: 0033975036     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00005-7     Document Type: Article

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