The genetic organisation of the capsule biosynthesis region of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotypes 1, 6, 7, and 12

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 129, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 350-359

  Jessing, Stine G ^a   Ahrens, Peter ^a   Inzana, Thomas J ^b   Angen, Øystein ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae; Capsular polysaccharides; Capsule biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE A; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE B; CAPSULE POLYSACCHARIDE D; GENE PRODUCT; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE GENE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEROTYPING; SWINE;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE;

EID: 43049168315     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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