Sequence analysis of the rfb loci, encoding proteins involved in the biosynthesis of the Salmonella enterica O17 and o18 antigens: Serogroup-specific identification by PCR

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 7949-7953

  Fitzgerald, Collette ^a   Gheesling, Linda ^a   Collins, Marcus ^a   Fields, Patricia I ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ENCODING PROTEINS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

PROTEINS;

O ANTIGEN; O17 ANTIGEN; O18 ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RFB GENE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; O ANTIGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 33845535276     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01046-06     Document Type: Article

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