Published in Environ Microbiol on June 22, 2009
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Development of a prophage typing system and analysis of prophage carriage in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Appl Environ Microbiol (2009) 0.98
Biochemical characterization of the pneumococcal glucose 1-phosphate uridylyltransferase (GalU) essential for capsule biosynthesis. Curr Microbiol (2005) 0.98
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Development of amperometric magnetogenosensors coupled to asymmetric PCR for the specific detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Anal Bioanal Chem (2011) 0.75
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