Distribution and genetic diversity of suilysin in Streptococcus suis isolated from different diseases of pigs and characterization of the genetic basis of suilysin absence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 7572-7582

  King, S J ^a   Heath, P J ^a   Luque, I ^a   Tarradas, C ^a   Dowson, C G ^a   Whatmore, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; EPIMERASE; GENE PRODUCT; N ACETYLMANNOSAMINE 6 PHOSPHATE EPIMERASE; PROTEIN SLY; SUILYSIN; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEPTICEMIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BASE SEQUENCE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; SEPSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035183049     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.12.7572-7582.2001     Document Type: Article

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