Necessity of Meningococcal γ-Glutamyl Aminopeptidase for Neisseria meningitidis Growth in Rat Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) and CSF-Like Medium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 244-247

  Takahashi, Hideyuki ^a   Hirose, Kenji ^a   Watanabe, Haruo ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYSTEINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLAMINOPEPTIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENVIRONMENT; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN;

ANIMALS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CULTURE MEDIA; CYSTEINE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RATS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0347696005     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.1.244-247.2004     Document Type: Article

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