The genetic basis of colony opacity in Streptococcus pneumoniae: evidence for the effect of box elements on the frequency of phenotypic variation.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1995.tb02294.x

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The genetic basis of colony opacity in Streptococcus pneumoniae: evidence for the effect of box elements on the frequency of phenotypic variation.

Molecular microbiology - 1 Apr 1995

Saluja S K, Weiser J N

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Streptococcus pneumoniae undergoes spontaneous phase variation in colony morphology. Differences in colony opacity have previously been shown to correlate with differences in the ability of organisms to colonize the mucosal surface of the nasopharynx in an animal model. The genetic basis of opaci...

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Amino Acid Sequence
Bacillus subtilis
Base Sequence
Cell Wall
Chromosome Mapping
Consensus Sequence
DNA, Bacterial
Deoxycholic Acid
Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
Genes, Bacterial
Genes, Regulator
Genetic Variation

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Models, Genetic

Models, Molecular

Molecular Sequence Data

Mutagenesis, Site-Directed

Phenotype

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PMID: 7565084
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1995.tb02294.x

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