Zinc metalloproteinase genes in clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae: Association of the full array with a clonal cluster comprising serotypes 8 and 11A

Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 313-321

  Camilli, Romina ^a   Pettini, Elena ^b   Del Grosso, Maria ^a   Pozzi, Gianni ^b,c   Pantosti, Annalisa ^a   Oggioni, Marco R ^b,c  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE B; METALLOPROTEINASE; ZINC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; METALLOPROTEASES; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; ZINC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 32244435886     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28417-0     Document Type: Article

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