The pathogenic potential of Yersinia enterocolitica 1A

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 301, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 556-561

  Batzilla, Julia ^a   Heesemann, Juergen ^a   Rakin, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

BT 1A; Genome comparison; MyfA; Pathogenicity; Yersinia

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 80052782934     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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