The cps locus of Streptococcus suis serotype 16: Development of a serotype-specific PCR assay

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 403-406

  Wang, Kaicheng ^a,b   Fan, Weixing ^b   Wisselink, Henk ^c   Lu, Chengping ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center   (China)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capsular polysaccharides; PCR assay; Serotype 16; Streptococcus suis

Indexed keywords

EXTRACHROMOSOMAL DNA; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SIALIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE SYNTHESIS LOCUS; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; DNA PRIMERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 80053130294     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.05.050     Document Type: Article

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