Molecular biology of the capsular genes of Streptococcus pneumoniae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-10

  García, Ernesto ^a   López, Rubens ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capsular polysaccharide; Genetic transformation; Pneumococcus; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 17044460541     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00026-8     Document Type: Review

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