The cyl genes of Streptococcus agalactiae are involved in the production of pigment

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-128

  Spellerberg, Barbara ^a   Martin, Simone ^a   Brandt, Claudia ^a   Lütticken, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Group B streptococcus; Hemolysin; Pigment

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN; PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC LINKAGE; MUTANT; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 0034662445     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00224-X     Document Type: Article

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