Streptococcus pneumoniae: New tools for an old pathogen

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 71-77

  Hollingshead, Susan K ^a   Briles, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NUCLEIC ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GRAM STAINING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PNEUMOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0035153489     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(00)00167-3     Document Type: Review

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