Genetic and evolutionary analysis of mutations in the gusA gene that cause the absence of β-glucuronidase activity in Escherichia coli O157:H7

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 184, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 918-921

  Monday, Steven R ^a   Whittam, Thomas S ^b   Feng, Peter C H ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; GUANOSINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; STOP CODON;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONIDASE; GUANOSINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL;

EID: 0035479246     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/323154     Document Type: Article

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