Genetic organization of the she pathogenicity island in Shigella flexneri 2a

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-8

  Al Hasani, Keith ^a   Rajakumar, Kumar ^a,b   Bulach, Dieter ^a   Robins Browne, Roy ^b,c   Adler, Ben ^a   Sakellaris, Harry ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pathogenicity island; she; Shigella flexneri 2a

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIDASE; INTEGRASE; PROTEINASE; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI 2A;

EID: 0035150963     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.2000.0404     Document Type: Article

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