A common virulence plasmid in biotype 2 Vibrio vulnificus and its dissemination aided by a conjugal plasmid

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1638-1648

  Lee, Chung Te ^a   Amaro, Carmen ^d   Wu, Keh Ming ^b,c   Valiente, Esmeralda ^d   Chang, Yi Feng ^b   Tsai, Shih Feng ^b,c   Chang, Chuan Hsiung ^b   Hor, Lien I ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOTYPE; DISEASE MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; EEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; EELS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 39749085184     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01484-07     Document Type: Article

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