Gene fragments distinguishing an epidemic-associated strain from a virulent prototype strain of Listeria monocytogenes belong to a distinct functional subset of genes and partially cross-hybridize with other Listeria species

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 3972-3979

  Herd, M ^a   Kocks, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; EPIDEMIC; GENE; GENOME; HYBRIDIZATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PLASMIDS; RABBITS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035010115     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.6.3972-3979.2001     Document Type: Article

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