Genetic analysis of the capsular polysaccharide synthesis locus in 15 Streptococcus suis serotypes

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 324, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-124

  Wang, Kaicheng ^a,b   Fan, Weixing ^b   Cai, Lijuan ^b   Huang, Baoxu ^b   Lu, Chengping ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA ANIMAL HEALTH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Capsular polysaccharide; Gene locus; Streptococcus suis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE; SIALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; WZD GENE; WZE GENE; WZG GENE; WZZ GENE;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

EID: 80054115049     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02394.x     Document Type: Article

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