The complete DNA sequence of the O antigen gene region of Plesiomonas shigelloides serotype O17 which is identical to Shigella sonnei form I antigen

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 161-172

  Chida, Toshio ^a   Okamura, Noboru ^a   Ohtani, Kiyoshi ^a   Yoshida, Yoko ^b   Arakawa, Eiji ^c   Watanabe, Haruo ^c  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

O antigen; Plesiomonas shigelloides O17; rfb gene cluster; Shigella sonnei form I

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLESIOMONAS SHIGELLOIDES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA; PLESIOMONAS SHIGELLOIDES; PROKARYOTA; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 0034125522     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2000.tb02478.x     Document Type: Article

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