VFDB: A reference database for bacterial virulence factors

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 33, Issue DATABASE ISS., 2005, Pages

  Chen, Lihong ^c   Yang, Jian ^c   Yu, Jun ^a   Yao, Zhijian ^b   Sun, Lilian ^c   Shen, Yan ^b   Jin, Qi ^c  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME CENTER AT SHANGHAI   (China)

^c State Key Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Genetic Engineering   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENUS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRULENCE FACTOR DATABASE; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; DISEASE COURSE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATHOGENESIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFERENCE DATABASE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENES, BACTERIAL; INTERNET; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 13444249995     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki008     Document Type: Article

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