The Aeromonas hydrophila wb*O34 gene cluster: Genetics and temperature regulation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4198-4209

  Jimenez, Natalia ^a   Canals, Rocío ^a   Saló, María Teresa ^a   Vilches, Silvia ^a   Merino, Susana ^a   Tomás, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GALACTOSAMINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THERMOREGULATION;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; O ANTIGENS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 44949187613     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00153-08     Document Type: Article

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