Allelic variation in srtAs of Streptococcus suis strains

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-201

  Osaki, Makoto ^a   Takamatsu, Daisuke ^a   Shimoji, Yoshihiro ^a   Sekizaki, Tsutomu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allelic variation; Cell wall protein; Sortase; Streptococcus suis

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

EID: 0037469573     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00058-2     Document Type: Article

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