Genetic basis for the β-haemolytic/cytolytic activity of group B streptococcus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 236-248

  Pritzlaff, Craig A ^a   Chang, Jennifer C W ^a   Kuo, Shrin P ^a   Tamura, Glen S ^b   Rubens, Craig E ^b   Nizet, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; DNA; DNA FRAGMENT;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CYTOLYSIS; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMOLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 0035154927     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02211.x     Document Type: Article

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