Isolation and characterization of BTF-37: Chromosomal DNA captured from Bacteroides fragilis that confers self-transferability and expresses a pilus-like structure in Bacteroides spp. and Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 728-738

  Vedantam, Gayatri ^a   Hecht, David W ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PROTEIN BTF 37; TETRACYCLINE; TRANSFER FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA VECTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES SP.; BROAD HOST RANGE PLASMIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; TRANSPOSONS; UNIDENTIFIED SHUTTLE VECTOR;

EID: 0036174852     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.3.728-738.2002     Document Type: Article

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