Species-wide variation in the Escherichia coli flagellin (H-antigen) gene

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2936-2943

  Wang, Lei ^a,b   Rothemund, Deborah ^a   Curd, Heather ^a   Reeves, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLIN; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 0037406933     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.9.2936-2943.2003     Document Type: Article

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