Identification of novel cps locus polymorphisms in nontypable group B Streptococcus

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 775-783

  Ramaswamy, Srinivas V ^a   Ferrieri, Patricia ^b   Madoff, Lawrence C ^a   Flores, Aurea E ^b   Kumar, Nikhil ^c   Tettelin, Hervé ^c   Paoletti, Lawrence C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALP3 PROTEIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIUM LYSATE; CAPSULAR LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN R1; MEMBRANE PROTEIN R4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CPS GENE; CPSE GENE; CPSO GENE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GERIATRIC DISORDER; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NONTYPABLE STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE TYPE; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE A1; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE A2; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE A3; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE A4; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE B1; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE B2; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE B3; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE B4; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE V;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNODIFFUSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RABBITS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 33744964688     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46253-0     Document Type: Article

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