Investigation of the translation-initiation factor IF2 gene, infB, as a tool to study the population structure of Streptococcus agalactiae

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1661-1670

  Hedegaard, Jakob ^a   Hauge, Majbritt ^a   Fage Larsen, Jeppe ^a   Mortensen, Kim Kusk ^a   Kilian, Mogens ^a   Sperling Petersen, Hans Uffe ^a   Poulsen, Knud ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clonal population structure; InfB; Initiation factor 2; Streptococcus agalactiae

Indexed keywords

INITIATION FACTOR 2; RIBOSOME RNA;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0033940931     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-7-1661     Document Type: Article

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