Identification of regions of the Escherichia coli chromosome specific for neonatal meningitis-associated strains

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 2096-2101

  Bonacorsi, Stéphane Pierre Paul ^a   Clermont, Olivier ^a   Tinsley, Colin ^c   Le Gall, Isabelle ^d   Beaudoin, Jean Christophe ^d   Elion, Jacques ^b   Nassif, Xavier ^c   Bingen, Edouard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d FONDATION JEAN DAUSSET CEPH   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MAPPING; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LIBRARY; MENINGITIS; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034062860     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.4.2096-2101.2000     Document Type: Article

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