Sequence analysis of four Shigella boydii O-antigen loci: Implication for Escherichia coli and Shigella relationships

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 6923-6930

  Wang, L ^a   Qu, W ^a   Reeves, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CLONE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-MANNOSIDASE; CARBOHYDRATE DEHYDROGENASES; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE SUGARS; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; HYDRO-LYASES; MANNOSE-6-PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; MANNOSIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE SUGARS; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; O ANTIGENS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA BOYDII; THYMINE NUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 0034778552     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.11.6923-6930.2001     Document Type: Article

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