Identification of isp, a locus encoding an immunogenic secreted protein conserved among group a Streptococci

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2548-2555

  McIver, Kevin S ^a   Subbarao, Shambhavi ^a,b   Kellner, Ellen M ^a   Heath, Andrew S ^a   Scott, June R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CYTOPLASM; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

EID: 0029930804     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.7.2548-2555.1996     Document Type: Article

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