Oligonucleotides identify conserved and variable regions of pspA and pspA-like sequences of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Gene

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 279-284

  Swiatlo, Edwin ^a   Brooks Walter, Alexis ^a   Briles, David E ^a,b,c   McDaniel, Larry S ^a,d  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha helical protein; Gram positive surface protein; Membrane attachment; Membrane hybridization; Proline rich protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROLINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030891444     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00823-2     Document Type: Article

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