Linkage of the horizontally acquired ypm and pil genes in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2556-2558

  Collyn, François ^a   Fukushima, Hiroshi ^b   Carnoy, Christophe ^a   Simonet, Michel ^a,c   Vincent, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b SHIMANE PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN PIL; PROTEIN YPM; SUPERANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS DERIVED MITOGEN; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS-DERIVED MITOGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM PILUS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; FIMBRIA; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MULTIGENE FAMILY; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 16244364739     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.4.2556-2558.2005     Document Type: Article

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