Variant IS1016 insertion elements in invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b isolates harboring multiple copies of the capsulation b locus [7]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1225-1226

  Giufrè, Maria ^a   Cardines, Rita ^a   Mastrantonio, Paola ^a   Cerquetti, Marina ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE INSERTION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; LETTER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NOTE; PATHOGENICITY; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 33750121663     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/508359     Document Type: Letter

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