The Vibrio Pathogenicity Island of Epidemic Vibrio cholerae Forms Precise Extrachromosomal Circular Excision Products

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 6893-6901

  Rajanna, C ^a   Wang, J ^a   Zhang, D ^a   Xu, Zheng ^a   Ali, A ^a   Hou, Y M ^b   Karaolis, D K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; GENE PRODUCT; INTEGRASE; RECA PROTEIN; RECOMBINASE; TRANSFER RNA; TRANSPOSASE;

AMINOACYLATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BASE PAIRING; CHOLERA; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0344824687     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.23.6893-6901.2003     Document Type: Article

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