Evolution of the capsular gene locus of streptococcus pneumoniae serogroup 6

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 189-198

  Bratcher, P E ^a   Park, I H ^b   Oliver, M B ^a   Hortal, M ^c   Camilli, R ^d   Hollingshead, S K ^a   Camou, T ^c   Nahm, M H ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c Ministry of Public Health Uruguay   (Uruguay)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; GENE LOCUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE ORDER; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC LOCI; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 78650746814     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.043901-0     Document Type: Article

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