Plasmid partition system of the P1par family from the pWR100 virulence plasmid of Shigella flexneri

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3369-3373

  Sergueev, Kirill ^a   Dabrazhynetskaya, Alena ^a   Austin, Stuart ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IHF PROTEIN; P1PAR PROTEIN; PARA PROTEIN; PARB PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA HELIX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; PROTEIN FAMILY; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROPHAGES; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 18244373682     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.10.3369-3373.2005     Document Type: Article

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