Identification of a group 1-like capsular polysaccharide operon for Vibrio vulnificus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 6893-6901

  Wright, A C ^a   Powell, J L ^a   Kaper, J B ^a   Morris J G , Jr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHASE TRANSITION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIBRIO; VIBRIO INFECTIONS;

EID: 0034783472     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.11.6893-6901.2001     Document Type: Article

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