The ail gene is present in some Yersinia enterocolitica biotype 1A strains

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 455-457

  Sihvonen, Leila M ^a   Hallanvuo, Saija ^b   Haukka, Kaisa ^a   Skurnik, Mikael ^c,d   Siitonen, Anja ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIL GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOTYPE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 79952381298     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2010.0747     Document Type: Article

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