Cloning and sequencing of the Klebsiella pneumoniae O5 wb gene cluster and its role in pathogenesis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2435-2440

  Merino, Susana ^a   Altarriba, Maria ^a   Izquierdo, Luis ^a   Nogueras, María Mercé ^a   Regué, Miguel ^a   Tomás, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; COSMID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UROTHELIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS; O ANTIGENS; OPEN READING FRAMES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0034099406     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.5.2435-2440.2000     Document Type: Article

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