Streptococcus equi with truncated M-proteins isolated from outwardly healthy horses

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1361-1369

  Chanter, Neil ^a   Talbot, Nicola C ^a   Newton, J Richard ^a   Hewson, Dawn ^a   Verheyen, Kristien ^a  

^a ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonization; Guttural pouch; Persistent colonization; Phagocytosis; Streptococcus equi; Truncated M protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPYEMA; GENE DELETION; GENE ISOLATION; HORSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MARTES PENNANTI; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 0034120702     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-6-1361     Document Type: Article

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