Lipoprotein signal peptidase of Streptococcus suis serotype 2

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1399-1407

  de Greeff, Astrid ^a,b   Hamilton, Andrea ^d   Sutcliffe, Iain C ^d   Buys, Herma ^b   van Alphen, Loek ^a,c   Smith, Hilde E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLGLYCEROL; AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLOBOMYCIN; LIPOPROTEIN; PEPTIDASE; PNEUMOCOCCUS POLYSACCHARIDE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROVOCATION TEST; RNA TRANSLATION; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PNEUMOCOCCUS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

EID: 0038141922     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26329-0     Document Type: Article

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