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A single amino acid polymorphism in the glycosyltransferase CpsK defines four Streptococcus suis serotypes

The capsular polysaccharide (CPS) is the major virulence factor of the emerging zoonotic pathogen Streptococcus suis. CPS differences are also the basis for serological differentiation of the species into 29 serotypes. Serotypes 2 and 1/2, which possess identical gene content in their cps loci, expr...

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Autores principales: Roy, David, Athey, Taryn B. T., Auger, Jean-Philippe, Goyette-Desjardins, Guillaume, Van Calsteren, Marie-Rose, Takamatsu, Daisuke, Okura, Masatoshi, Teatero, Sarah, Alcorlo, Martín, Hermoso, Juan A., Segura, Mariela, Gottschalk, Marcelo, Fittipaldi, Nahuel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5481389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28642597
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04403-3