Cloning and sequencing of a genomic island found in the Brazilian purpuric fever clone of Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1927-1938

  McGillivary, Glen ^a,b   Tomaras, Andrew P ^a   Rhodes, Eric R ^a   Actis, Luis A ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIOCIN; CAROTOVORICIN ER; CHOLINE; DNA FRAGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRAZILIAN PURPURIC FEVER; CHROMOBACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOMIC ISLAND; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOST RANGE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; PURPURA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES;

EID: 16244373670     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.4.1927-1938.2005     Document Type: Article

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