Microbiology: Genome analysis reveals pili in group B streptococcus

Science

Volumn 309, Issue 5731, 2005, Pages 105-

  Lauer, Peter ^a,c   Rinaudo, Cira D ^a   Soriani, Marco ^a   Margarit, Immaculada ^a   Maione, Domenico ^a   Rosini, Roberto ^a   Taddei, Anna Rita ^b   Mora, Marirosa ^a   Rappuoli, Rino ^a   Grandi, Guido ^a   Telford, John L ^a  

^a CHIRON VACCINES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^c CERUS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROBIOLOGY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; GENOME ANALYSIS; IMMUNIZATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENOME; FIMBRIA; GENETICS; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRULENCE;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; OPERON; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 21644488274     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1111563     Document Type: Article

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