Molecular characterization of equine isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae: Natural disruption of genes encoding the virulence factors pneumolysin and autolysin

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2776-2782

  Whatmore, Adrian M ^a   King, Samantha J ^a   Doherty, Neil C ^a   Sturgeon, Daniel ^a   Chanter, Neil ^b   Dowson, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOLYSIN; PNEUMOLYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HORSE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032986490     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.6.2776-2782.1999     Document Type: Article

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