Allelic variation and prevalence of serum opacity factor among the Streptococcus suis population

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 488-494

  Takamatsu, Daisuke ^a   Osaki, Makoto ^a   Tharavichitkul, Prasit ^b   Takai, Shinji ^c   Sekizaki, Tsutomu ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERUM OPACITY FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OFS GENE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 42149157704     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47755-0     Document Type: Article

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