Regions of Diversity 8, 9 and 13 contribute to Streptococcus pneumoniae virulence

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Embry, Addie ^a   Hinojosa, Ernesto ^a   Orihuela, Carlos J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; OPERON; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURVIVAL; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENOME; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VIRULENCE;

MUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; CARRIER STATE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GENE DELETION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 35748971781     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-7-80     Document Type: Article

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