Investigation of a Novel DNase of Streptococcus suis Serotype 2

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 774-781

  Fontaine, Michael C ^a,b   Perez Casal, Jose ^a   Willson, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; NUCLEASE; NUCLEASE SSNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; SSNA GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL WALL; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPEN READING FRAMES; RABBITS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0842283891     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.2.774-781.2004     Document Type: Article

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