The pgm locus and pigmentation phenotype in Yersinia pestis

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 126-131

  Leal Balbino, Tereza Cristina ^a   Leal, Nilma Cintra ^a   do Nascimento, Mirna Gisele Medeiros ^a   de Oliveira, Maria Betânia Melo ^a   Balbino, Valdir de Queiroz ^b   de Almeida, Alzira Maria Paiva ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

High pathogenicity island; pgm; psn; Y. pestis

Indexed keywords

CONGO RED; IRON; IRON REGULATORY PROTEIN 2; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PESTICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YERSINIABACTIN;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 33645025925     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572006000100024     Document Type: Article

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