Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and distribution of the genes zag and fnz in isolates of Streptococcus equi

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 93-99

  Lindmark, Hans ^a   Jonsson, Per ^a   Engvall, Eva Olsson ^b   Guss, Bengt ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN; FIBRONECTIN BINDING PROTEIN, BACTERIA; FIBRONECTIN-BINDING PROTEIN, BACTERIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ZAG PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCAL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FIBRONECTINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 0033109970     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rvsc.1998.0250     Document Type: Article

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