Genetic structure and distribution of four pathogenicity islands (PAI I536 to PAI IV536) of uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain 536

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 6365-6372

  Dobrindt, Ulrich ^a   Blum Oehler, Gabriele ^a   Nagy, Gabor ^a   Schneider, György ^a   Johann, André ^a   Gottschalk, Gerhard ^a   Hacker, Jörg ^a  

^a Institut fur Molekulare Infektionsbiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; SIDEROPHORE; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

CODON; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC STRUCTURES; OPEN READING FRAMES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0036841680     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.11.6365-6372.2002     Document Type: Article

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