A new pneumococcal serotype, 11E, has a variably inactivated wcjE Gene

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-38

  Calix, Juan J ^a   Nahm, Moon H ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WCJE GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 77953724722     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/653123     Document Type: Article

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