Identification of the plasmid and the structural gene of colicin type 7 of Shigella sonnei

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 359-373

  Tigyi, Z ^a   Kispal Gy ^a   Pal T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Bacteriocin; Colicin; Dysentery; Plasmid; Shigella

Indexed keywords

COLICIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; COLICINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SHIGELLA SONNEI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 24144493838     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ABiol.56.2005.3-4.18     Document Type: Article

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