Effect of intrastrain variation in the amount of capsular polysaccharide on genetic transformation of Streptococcus pneumoniae: Implications for virulence studies of encapsulated strains

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 3690-3692

  Weiser, Jeffrey N ^a,b   Kapoor, Miki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033005431     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.7.3690-3692.1999     Document Type: Article

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