The Escherichia fergusonii iucABCD iutA genes are located within a larger chromosomal region similar to pathogenicity islands

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-147

  Smajs D ^a,b   Smarda J ^b   Weinstock, G M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA FERGUSONII; KLEBSIELLA AEROGENES; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AEROBACTIN; AEROBACTIN RECEPTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HYDROXAMIC ACID; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; COSMID; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; COSMIDS; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOMIC LIBRARY; HYDROXAMIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0041384556     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02930946     Document Type: Article

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