DNA topology and adaptation of Salmonella typhimurium to an intracellular environment

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1397, 2000, Pages 565-574

  Marshall, David G ^a   Bowe, Frances ^b   Hale, Christine ^b   Dougan, Gordon ^b   Dorman, Charles J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; DNA topology; Gene expression; Intracellular growth; Salmonella typhimurium

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0034729202     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0598     Document Type: Article

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