Isolation from a healthy carrier and characterization of a Neisseria meningitidis strain that is deficient in γ-Glutamyl aminopeptidase activity

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 3035-3037

  Takahashi, Hideyuki ^a   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^a   Inouye, Hiroo ^a   Kuroki, Toshiro ^a   Watanabe, Yuko ^a   Yamai, Shiro ^a   Watanabe, Haruo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GENE INSERTION; HUMAN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER STATE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0036701948     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.8.3035-3037.2002     Document Type: Article

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