Isolation and Characterization of Two Novel Plasmids from Pathogenic Leptospira interrogans Serogroup Canicola Serovar Canicola Strain Gui44

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Zhu, Wei Nan ^a   Huang, Li Li ^a,b   Zeng, Ling Bing ^a,c   Zhuang, Xu Ran ^a   Chen, Chun Yan ^a   Wang, Yan Zhuo ^a   Qin, Jin Hong ^a   Zhu, Yong Zhang ^a   Guo, Xiao Kui ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LYSIS; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SEROTYPE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES; VIRUS CULTURE; BACTERIAL GENOME; GENETICS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR CANICOLA; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

GENOME, BACTERIAL; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR CANICOLA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEROGROUP;

EID: 84927793902     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003103     Document Type: Article

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