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Genetic analysis of complex gene clusters inEscherichia coli: the genetic analysis of F72 fimbrial genes

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Cloning techniques make it possible to accommodate bacterial genes on vector DNA molecules. On that basis the investigation of bacterial structures and functions got new impetus. The potentials of molecular genetics for detailed analysis of bacterial structures are illustrated in this paper for the gene cluster involved in the expression of F72 fimbriae associated with a uropathogenicEscherichia coli O6:K2:H1:F7 strain.

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    W. P. M. Hoekstra, I. M. Van Die & J. E. N. Bergmans

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Hoekstra, W.P.M., Van Die, I.M. & Bergmans, J.E.N. Genetic analysis of complex gene clusters inEscherichia coli: the genetic analysis of F72 fimbrial genes. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 50, 585–596 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02386228

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