The capsule polysaccharide synthesis locus of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 14: Identification of the glycosyl transferase gene cps14E

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3736-3741

  Kolkman, Marc A B ^a   Morrison, Donald A ^b   Van der Zeijst, Bernard A M ^a,c   Nuijten, Piet J M ^a,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^d Intervet International   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; COSMID; GENE LOCUS; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029885330     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.13.3736-3741.1996     Document Type: Article

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