Prevalence of clustered regulatory interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)-like sequences in mitis-group streptococci

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 65-68

  Maeda, Y ^a,b   Goldsmith, C E ^a   Coulter, W A ^c   Mason, C ^c   Dooley, J S G ^b   Lowery, C J ^b   Snelling, W J ^b   Moore, John E ^a,b  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA primers; Molecular biology; Polymerase chain reaction; Streptococcus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLUSTERED REGULATORY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AUSTRALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFANTIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PARASANGUINIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AUSTRALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 79959302763     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2011.11730325     Document Type: Article

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