Identification of the lipooligosaccharide biosynthesis gene lic2B as a putative virulence factor in strains of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae that cause otitis media

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 3551-3556

  Pettigrew, M M ^a   Foxman, B ^a   Marrs, C F ^a   Gilsdorf, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGOSACCHARIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL INVASION; DAY CARE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LIC2B GENE; MIDDLE EAR; MOLECULAR CLONING; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OTITIS MEDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; THROAT DISEASE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OTITIS MEDIA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0036083955     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.7.3551-3556.2002     Document Type: Article

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