Characterisation of the gene encoding suilysin from Streptococcus suis and expression in field strains

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 255-261

  Segers, Ruud P A M ^a   Kenter, Tim ^a   De Haan, Louise A M ^a   Jacobs, Anton A C ^a  

^a INTERVET INTERNATIONAL BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Streptococcus suis; Suilysin; Thiol activated cytolysin

Indexed keywords

CYTOLYSIN; PNEUMOLYSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMOLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

EID: 0031752825     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00397-8     Document Type: Article

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