The lytA gene and the DNA region located downstream of this gene are not involved in the formation of the type 3 capsular polysaccharide of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Current Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 133-135

  García, Ernesto ^a   Arrecubieta, Carlos ^a   López, Rubens ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0029824265     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900088     Document Type: Article

References (4)

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2. Arrecubieta C, López R, García E (1995) Sequence and transcriptional analysis of a DNA region involved in the production of capsular polysaccharide in Streptococcus pneumoniae type 3. Gene 167:1-7
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