Phase variation in colony opacity by Streptococcus pneumoniae

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-135

  Weiser, Jeffrey N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; TEICHOIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031780147     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1998.4.129     Document Type: Review

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