DNA sequence and comparison of virulence plasmids from Rhodococcus equi ATCC 33701 and 103

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 6840-6847

  Takai, Shinji ^a   Hines, Stephen A ^b   Sekizaki, Tsutomu ^c   Nicholson, Vivian M ^d   Alperin, Debra A ^b   Osaki, Makoto ^c   Takamatsu, Daisuke ^c   Nakamura, Mutsu ^a   Suzuki, Kayo ^b   Ogino, Nobuko ^a   Kakuda, Tsutomu ^a   Hanhong, Dan ^d   Prescott, John F ^d  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 0034442207     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.12.6840-6847.2000     Document Type: Article

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