A functional genomic analysis of type 3 streptococcus pneumoniae virulence

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 555-571

  Lau, Gee W ^a,d   Haataja, Sauli ^a,e   Lonetto, Michael ^b   Kensit, Sarah E ^a   Marra, Andrea ^b   Bryant, Alexander P ^b   McDevitt, Damien ^b   Morrison, Donald A ^c   Holden, David W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b SmithKline Beecham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE INDUCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MALE; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034999527     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02335.x     Document Type: Article

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