Genetic Basis for the Structural Difference between Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 15B and 15C Capsular Polysaccharides

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 6192-6198

  Van Selm, Saskia ^a   Van Cann, Lisette M ^a   Kolkman, Marc A B ^b   Van der Zeijst, Bernard A M ^c   Van Putten, Jos P M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Genencor International   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS VACCINE INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BASE PAIRING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BASE SEQUENCE; GLYCEROPHOSPHATES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 0242318287     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.11.6192-6198.2003     Document Type: Article

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