Insertion sequence 1515 in the ply gene of a type 1 clinical isolate of Streptococcus pneumoniae abolishes pneumolysin expression

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2296-2297

  Garnier, Fabien ^a   Janapatla, Rajendra Prasad ^b   Charpentier, Emmanuelle ^b   Masson, Geoffrey ^a   Grélaud, Carole ^a   Stach, Jean François ^c   Denis, François ^a   Ploy, Marie Cécile ^a  

^a DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Centre Hospitalier de Gueret   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLY GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOLYSINS;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 34547638396     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02168-06     Document Type: Article

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