Detection of the 1st gene in different serogroups and LOS immunotypes of Neisseria meningitidis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 203-206

  Tsang, Raymond S W ^a   Law, Dennis K S ^a   Tsai, Chao Ming ^b   Ng, Lai King ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Ctr Biologics Eval Res Food D   (United States)

Author keywords

Lipooligosaccharide; Lst; Neisseria meningitidis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PRIMER DNA; SIALYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPID LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDES; LIPID-LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LST PROTEIN, HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA POLYSACCHAREA; NEISSERIA SUBFLAVA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; SIALYLATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; SIALYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 0035972384     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00189-6     Document Type: Article

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