Identification and analysis of bacterial virulence genes in vivo

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1397, 2000, Pages 613-622

  Unsworth, Kate E ^a   Holden, David W ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitive index; Signature tagged mutagenesis; SPI 2; Type III secretion

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 0034729483     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0602     Document Type: Article

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