Cloning and partial characterization of the gene encoding the putative elongation factor Ts of Streptococcus suis serotype 2

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 298-302

  Martinez, Gabriela ^a   Harel, Josée ^a   Lacouture, Sonia ^a   Gottschalk, Marcelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antigen cloning; Elongation factor Ts

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; ELONGATION FACTOR TS; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0142063091     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0595-7     Document Type: Article

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