Cloning and mutagenesis of a serotype-specific DNA region involved in encapsulation and virulence of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 5a: Concomitant expression of serotype 5a and 1 capsular polysaccharides in recombinant A. pleuropneumoniae Serotype 1

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 3326-3336

  Ward, Christine K ^a   Lawrence, Mark L ^a   Veit, Hugo P ^a   Inzana, Thomas J ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; KANAMYCIN;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031867797     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.7.3326-3336.1998     Document Type: Article

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