Instability of Pathogenicity Islands in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli 536

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3086-3096

  Middendorf, Barbara ^a   Hochhut, Bianca ^a   Leipold, Kristina ^a   Dobrindt, Ulrich ^a   Blum Oehler, Gabriele ^a   Hacker, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 2342554388     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.10.3086-3096.2004     Document Type: Article

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