Structural heterogeneity of the streptococcal C5a peptidase gene in Streptococcus pyogenes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 6384-6386

  Koroleva, Irina V ^a   Efstratiou, Androulla ^a   Suvorov, Alexander N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C5A PEPTIDASE; PEPTIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLICON; BACTERIAL GENE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOTYPING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0036842067     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.22.6384-6386.2002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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