Horizontal Transfer of CS1 Pilin Genes of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3230-3237

  Froehlich, Barbara ^a   Holtzapple, Erik ^b,c   Read, Timothy D ^b,d   Scott, June R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PILIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM PILUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPLICATION ORIGIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 2342601824     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.10.3230-3237.2004     Document Type: Article

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