Type IV O antigen modification genes in the genome of Shigella flexneri NCTC 8296

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 851-860

  Adams, M M ^a   Allison, G E ^a   Verma, N K ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Glucosyltransferase; Lipopolysaccharide; Serotype conversion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; DNA; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GTR TYPE IV PROTEIN; GTRA TYPE IV PROTEIN; GTRB TYPE IV PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GLYCOSYLATION; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROCONVERSION; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 0035048029     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-4-851     Document Type: Article

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