Flagellin gene structure of flaA and flaB and adjacent gene loci in urease-positive thermophilic Campylobacter (UPTC)

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-73

  Sekizuka, T ^a   Murayama, O ^a   Moore, J E ^b   Millar, B C ^b   Matsuda, Motoo ^a  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjacent gene loci; Cloning and sequencing; Environmental isolates; flaA; flaB; Isolates from animal hosts; Urease positive thermophilic Campylobacter

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI;

FLAA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; FLAB FLAGELLIN; FLAGELLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRDS; CAMPYLOBACTER; FLAGELLIN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; UREASE;

EID: 34249936663     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200610194     Document Type: Article

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