Current trends in capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 429-435

  García, Ernesto ^a   Llull, Daniel ^a   Muñoz, Rosario ^b   Mollerach, Marta ^c   López, Rubens ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE FERMENTACIONES INDUSTRIALES CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOME; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE CLUSTER; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033853760     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(00)00173-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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