Construction of a stable non-mucoid deletion mutant of the Streptococcus equi Pinnacle vaccine strain

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 311-321

  Walker, John A ^a   Timoney, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsule; Hyaluronate synthase; Insertion deletion mutagenesis; Pinnacle; Streptococcus equi; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; DNA FRAGMENT; HYALURONATE SYNTHETASE; SPECTINOMYCIN; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DELETION MUTANT; DNA RECOMBINATION; ELECTROPORATION; ENCAPSULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; REVERTANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

EQUIDAE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 0037032398     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(02)00205-5     Document Type: Article

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