title: Molecular characterization of the complete 23F capsular polysaccharide locus of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
abstract: The complete DNA sequence of the capsular locus 23F of Streptococcus pneumoniae is presented. The 18.6-kb cps23f locus is composed of 18 open reading frames flanked at the 5' and 3' ends by the genes dexB and aliA, an arrangement similar to those of some of the other identified cps loci.
authors.affiliation: The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramirez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tomasz
mesh_terms: D016667:Bacterial Capsules / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: C088740:AliA protein, Streptococcus pneumoniae; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D008074:Lipoproteins