Pathogenicity islands of Shigella

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 264 I, Issue , 2002, Pages 49-65

  Ingersoll, M ^a   Groisman, E A ^b   Zychlinsky, A ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALLELISM; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DYSENTERY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; IMMUNITY; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SHIGELLA;

EID: 0036129907     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-56031-6_4     Document Type: Review

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