Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) chromosome contains a group II capsular gene cluster

Gene

Volumn 384, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 113-119

  Andreishcheva, Ekaterina N ^a   Vann, Willie F ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsule gene cluster; E. coli B; Polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; NUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHATE; POLYSACCHARIDE; RIBITOL; RIBOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE B;

EID: 33751089082     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.07.020     Document Type: Article

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