Precise region and the character of the pathogenicity island in clinical Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1835-1837

  Sugiyama, Tomohiko ^a,b   Iida, Tetsuya ^a,b   Izutsu, Kaori ^a   Park, Kwon Sam ^c   Honda, Takeshi ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENOMIC ISLANDS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSPOSASES; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 39749093110     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01293-07     Document Type: Article

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