Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi possesses a unique repertoire of fimbrial gene sequences

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2894-2901

  Townsend, S M ^a   Kramer, N E ^a   Edwards, R ^a   Baker, S ^a   Hamlin, N ^a   Simmonds, M ^a   Stevens, K ^a   Maloy, S ^a   Parkhill, J ^a   Dougan, G ^a   Baumler A J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE;

ARTICLE; FIMBRIA; GENE SEQUENCE; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SEROTYPE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PROBES; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; OPERON; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

EID: 0035060651     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.5.2894-2901.2001     Document Type: Article

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