A comprehensive genetic study of streptococcal immunoglobulin A1 proteases: Evidence for recombination within and between species

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 181-190

  Poulsen, Knud ^a   Reinholdt, Jesper ^b   Jespersgaard, Christina ^c   Boye, Kit ^b   Brown, Thomas A ^d   Hauge, Majbritt ^a   Kilian, Mogens ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Statens Senim Institut   (United States)

^c Copenhagen ^*  (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUIS;

EID: 0031975583     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.1.181-190.1998     Document Type: Article

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