Comparison of Two Major Forms of the Shigella Virulence Plasmid pINV: Positive Selection Is a Major Force Driving the Divergence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 6298-6306

  Lan, Ruiting ^a,b   Stevenson, Gordon ^a   Reeves, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN PINV A; PROTEIN PINV B; PROTEIN STBAB; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA REPLICATION; GENES, REGULATOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; SHIGELLA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0242286557     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.11.6298-6306.2003     Document Type: Article

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