Genetic diversity of O-antigen biosynthesis regions in Vibrio cholerae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2247-2253

  Aydanian, Antonina ^a,b   Tang, Li ^a   Morris, J Glenn ^c   Johnson, Judith A ^c   Stine, O Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS GENES; GENE CONTENT; GENE ORDERS; GENETIC DIVERSITY; O-ANTIGEN; O-ANTIGEN GENES; SEROGROUPS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANTIGENS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; LAKES;

GENES;

BACTERIAL DNA; O ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM; GENE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HETEROGENEITY; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SYNTENY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; O ANTIGENS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNTENY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 79953292311     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01663-10     Document Type: Article

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