Natural competence in strains of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae: Research letter

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 298, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 124-130

  Bossé, Janine T ^a   Sinha, Sunita ^a,b   Schippers, Timo ^a   Kroll, J Simon ^a   Redfield, Rosemary J ^b   Langford, Paul R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae; Natural competence; Sxy; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN SXY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; PASTEURELLACEAE;

EID: 68149175134     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01706.x     Document Type: Article

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