Mutants of Streptococcus suis types 1 and 2 impaired in expression of muramidase-released protein and extracellular protein induce disease in newborn germfree pigs

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 4409-4412

  Smith, Hilde E ^a   Vecht, Uri ^a   Wisselink, Henk J ^a   Stockhofe Zurwieden, Norbert ^a   Biermann, Yvonne ^a   Smits, Mari A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME;

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; SWINE;

EID: 0029796644     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.10.4409-4412.1996     Document Type: Article

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