Different alleles of the fcrA/mrp gene of Streptococcus pyogenes encode M-related proteins exhibiting an identical immunoglobulin-binding pattern

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-47

  Krebs, Barbara ^a,c   Kaufhold, Achim ^a,d   Boyle, Michael D P ^b   Podbielski, Andreas ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin binding proteins; M related proteins; Recombination; Streptococcus pyogenes; vir regulon

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BINDING FACTOR;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0029893040     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004300050013     Document Type: Article

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