The variation of dTDP-L-rhamnose pathway genes in Vibrio cholerae

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2463-2474

  Li, Qun ^a   Hobbs, Matthew ^a   Reeves, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

O ANTIGEN; RHAMNOSE; THYMIDINE DIPHOSPHATE;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCATION; GENE PROBE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0141814840     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26382-0     Document Type: Article

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