Genetic heterogeneity of the cytolethal distending toxin B (cdtB) gene locus among isolates of Campylobacter lari

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 179-181

  Shigematsu, M ^a   Harada, Y ^a   Sekizuka, T ^a   Murayama, O ^a   Takamiya, S ^b   Millar, B C ^c   Moore, J E ^c   Matsuda, Motoo ^a  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

CAMPYLOBACTER LARI;

EID: 33845953596     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2006.11978095     Document Type: Article

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