Isolation and characterization of BTF-37: chromosomal DNA captured from Bacteroides fragilis that confers self-transferability and expresses a pilus-like structure in Bacteroides spp. and Escherichia coli

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Isolation and characterization of BTF-37: chromosomal DNA captured from Bacteroides fragilis that confers self-transferability and expresses a pilus-like structure in Bacteroides spp. and Escherichia coli is …
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P356DOI10.1128/JB.184.3.728-738.2002
P932PMC publication ID139536
P698PubMed publication ID11790742
P5875ResearchGate publication ID11567373

P2093author name stringDavid W Hecht
Gayatri Vedantam
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P433issue3
P407language of work or nameEnglishQ1860
P921main subjectEscherichia coliQ25419
Bacteroides fragilisQ221817
P304page(s)728-738
P577publication date2002-02-01
P1433published inJournal of BacteriologyQ478419
P1476titleIsolation and characterization of BTF-37: chromosomal DNA captured from Bacteroides fragilis that confers self-transferability and expresses a pilus-like structure in Bacteroides spp. and Escherichia coli
P478volume184

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