The serotype of type Ia and III group B streptococci is determined by the polymerase gene within the polycistronic capsule operon

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 4466-4477

  Chaffin, Donald O ^a   Beres, Stephen B ^a   Yim, Harry H ^a   Rubens, Craig E ^a  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; PENTASACCHARIDE; SIALIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; OPERON; PLASMIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 0033871784     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.16.4466-4477.2000     Document Type: Article

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