Ubiquitous distribution of the competence related genes comA and comC among isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-52

  Ramirez, Mario ^a   Morrison, Donald A ^b   Tomasz, Alexander ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030987056     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1997.3.39     Document Type: Article

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