Allelic variation in the highly polymorphic locus pspC of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Gene

Volumn 284, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 63-71

  Iannelli, Francesco ^a   Oggioni, Marco R ^a   Pozzi, Gianni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pathogenicity; Surface protein; Vaccine; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHOLINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PNEUMOCOCCAL SURFACE PROTEIN C; PROLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CHOLINE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROLINE; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TERMINOLOGY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

INSERTION SEQUENCES; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0037028485     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(01)00896-4     Document Type: Article

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