The galU gene of Streptococcus pneumoniae that codes for a UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase is highly polymorphic and suitable for molecular typing and phylogenetic studies

Gene

Volumn 260, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 77-86

  Mollerach, Marta ^a   García, Ernesto ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gene polymorphism; Horizontal gene transfer; Pneumococcus; UTP glucose 1 phosphate uridylyltransferase

Indexed keywords

URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UTP-GLUCOSE-1-PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EUKARYOTA; PNEUMOCOCCUS; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

EID: 0034736572     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00468-6     Document Type: Article

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