DNA sequence and mutational analyses of the pVir plasmid of Campylobacter jejuni 81-176

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 6242-6250

  Bacon, David J ^a   Alm, Richard A ^a   Hu, Lan ^a   Hickey, Thomas E ^a   Ewing, Cheryl P ^a   Batchelor, Roger A ^a   Trust, Trevor J ^a   Guerry, Patricia ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BASE COMPOSITION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CELL LINE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0036841263     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.11.6242-6250.2002     Document Type: Article

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