Identification of genetic determinants for the hemolytic activity of streptococcus agalactiae by iss1 transposition

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3212-3219

  Spellerberg, Barbara ^a   Pohl, Barbara ^a   Haase, Gerhard ^a   Martin, Simone ^a   Weber Heynemann, Josephine ^a   Lütticken, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HEMOLYSIS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PIGMENTATION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OVIS ARIES; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0032935929     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.10.3212-3219.1999     Document Type: Article

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