Molecular characterization of type-specific capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis genes of Streptococcus agalactiae type Ia

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 5176-5184

  Yamamoto, Shin ^a   Miyake, Katsuhide ^a   Koike, Yoichi ^a   Watanabe, Masaki ^a   Machida, Yuichi ^a   Ohta, Michio ^b   Iijima, Shinji ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; NEURAMINIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDE; URACIL DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0032881671     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.17.5176-5184.1999     Document Type: Article

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