A novel linear plasmid mediates flagellar variation in Salmonella Typhi

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 0605-0610

  Baker, Stephen ^a   Hardy, Jonathan ^b   Sanderson, Kenneth E ^c   Quail, Michael ^a   Goodhead, Ian ^a   Kingsley, Robert A ^a   Parkhill, Julian ^a   Stocker, Bruce ^b   Dougan, Gordon ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; FLAGELLIN; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENETIC CODE; GEOGRAPHIC PATHOLOGY; INDONESIA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STRUCTURAL GENE; FLAGELLUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 34249747813     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0030059     Document Type: Article

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