Curli loci of Shigella spp.

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 3780-3783

  Sakellaris, Harry ^a   Hannink, Nerissa K ^a   Rajakumar, Kumar ^a,b   Bulach, Dieter ^a   Hunt, Meredith ^a   Sasakawa, Chihiro ^c   Adler, Ben ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SHIGELLA;

EID: 0034128101     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.6.3780-3783.2000     Document Type: Article

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