Variation in the shiga toxin region of 20th-century epidemic and endemic Shigella dysenteriae 1 strains

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 330-334

  Greco, Karla M ^a,b   McDonough, Marie A ^a,b   Butterton, Joan R ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c Partners Research Bldg ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

DEFECTIVE VIRUSES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LYSOGENY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPHAGES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SIPHOVIRIDAE;

EID: 3242728267     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/421706     Document Type: Article

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