Delineation and analysis of chromosomal regions specifying Yersinia pestis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3930-3941

  Derbise, Anne ^a   Chenal Francisque, Viviane ^a   Huon, Christèle ^a   Fayolle, Corinne ^a   Demeure, Christian E ^a   Chane Woon Ming, Béatrice ^b   Médigue, Claudine ^b   Hinnebusch, B Joseph ^c   Carniel, Elisabeth ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLAGUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUGAR TRANSPORT; YERSINIA PESTIS; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAP; FEMALE; GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; MICE; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 77956644098     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00281-10     Document Type: Article

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