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Plasmids in Yersinia pestis.

Infection and immunity ·Vol. 31 ·No. 2 ·1981-02-00 ·Pages 839-41

Ferber DM, Brubaker RR

Abstract

Pesticinogenic and Ca2+-dependent strains of Yersinia pestis harbored plasmids of about 6 and 45 megadaltons, respectively. In addition, most isolates examined possessed a cryptic 65-megadalton plasmid.

MeSH Terms

DNA, Bacterial/analysis Molecular Weight Plasmids Yersinia pestis/genetics,pathogenicity

Chemicals

DNA, Bacterial

Authors & Affiliations

2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Ferber D M

Brubaker R R

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Article Info

Journal

Infection and immunity

Abbr.

Infect Immun

ISSN

0019-9567

DOI

10.1128/iai.31.2.839-841.1981

Published

1981-02-00

Pages

839-41

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0246127

PMCID

PMC351389

Subset

Grants

NIAID NIH HHS · AI-13590 · United States

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