Genetic analysis of the capsule polysaccharide (K antigen) and exopolysaccharide genes in pandemic Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Chen, Yuansha ^a   Dai, Jianli ^a   Morris, J Glenn ^a   Johnson, Judith A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; K ANTIGEN; O ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; K ANTIGENS; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GMHD GENE; NONHUMAN; RJG GENE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PANDEMIC; VIBRIOSIS;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; INDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; O ANTIGENS; PANDEMICS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 77958596089     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-274     Document Type: Article

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