The type 2 capsule locus of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2652-2654

  Iannelli, Francesco ^a   Pearce, Barbara J ^a,b   Pozzi, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Microbiol/Univ di Siena ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; GENE LOCUS; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032909026     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.8.2652-2654.1999     Document Type: Article

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