Molecular characterization of a major serotype M49 group A streptococcal DNase gene (sdaD)

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 5349-5356

  Podbielski, Andreas ^a,b   Zarges, Iris ^a   Flosdorff, Annegret ^a   Weber Heynemann, Josephine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; ENZYME ANTIBODY; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; THIOREDOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0029851715     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.12.5349-5356.1996     Document Type: Article

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