Regulation of O-antigen biosynthesis in Yersinia enterocolitica

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 529, Issue , 2003, Pages 267-274

  Bengoechea, José Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SEROTYPE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; O ANTIGENS; SEROTYPING; TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0038469572     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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