The function of wzy-K1 (magA), the serotype K1 polymerase gene in klebsiella pneumoniae cps gene cluster

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 201, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1268-1269

  Fang, Chi Tai ^a   Lai, Shau Yan ^a,c   Yi, Wen Ching ^a,c   Hsueh, Po Ren ^a,b   Liu, Kao Lang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Laboratory Medicine   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MOLECULAR MARKER; MUCOVISCOSITY ASSOCIATED GENE A; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGENICITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOINFORMATICS; CROSS REACTION; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE; STRUCTURAL GENE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS, PYOGENIC; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 77950279578     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/652183     Document Type: Note

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