Serotype-converting bacteriophages and O-antigen modification in Shigella flexneri

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-23

  Allison, Gwen E ^a   Verma, Naresh K ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; O ANTIGEN;

ACETYLATION; BACTERIOPHAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLYCOSYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REVIEW; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ACETYLATION; BACTERIOPHAGES; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; O ANTIGENS; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; VIRULENCE;

SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0033983398     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(99)01646-7     Document Type: Review

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