The colanic acid gene cluster of Salmonella enterica has a complex history

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-16

  Stevenson, Gordon ^a   Lan, Ruiting ^a   Reeves, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amelioration; Colanic acid; Lateral transfer; Salmonella enterica

Indexed keywords

COLANIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYSACCHARIDES; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 0034308030     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00361-X     Document Type: Article

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