Evolutionary origins and sequence of the Escherichia coli O4 O-antigen gene cluster

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-32

  D'Souza, Jocelyne M ^a   Samuel, Gabrielle N ^a   Reeves, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Evolutionary origins; O Antigen; O4 gene cluster

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; O ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 13844307109     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.01.012     Document Type: Article

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