Spectrum of pneumococcal serotype 11A variants results from incomplete loss of capsule O-acetylation

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 758-765

  Calix, Juan J ^a   Brady, Allison M ^b   Du, Victor Y ^a   Saad, Jamil S ^a   Nahma, 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

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WCJE GENE;

ACETYLATION; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84894528653     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02695-13     Document Type: Article

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