A gene cluster for the synthesis of serotype g-specific polysaccharide antigen in Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 261-265

  Tsuzukibashi, Osamu ^a   Saito, Masanori ^a   Kobayashi, Taira ^a   Umezawa, Koji ^a   Nagahama, Fumio ^a   Hiroi, Takachika ^b   Hirasawa, Masatomo ^a   Takada, Kazuko ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

A. actinomycetemcomitans; PCR; Polysaccharide gene cluster; Serotype g

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN; POLYSACCHARIDE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE;

AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEROTYPING;

EID: 84897094515     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: 1432072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-014-0965-3     Document Type: Article

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