Phylogenetic distribution of streptococcal superantigen SSA allelic variants provides evidence for horizontal transfer of ssa within Streptococcus pyogenes

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1161-1165

  Reda, Kristtn B ^a   Kapur, Vivek ^a   Goela, Deepa ^a   Lamphear, James G ^a   Musser, James M ^a   Rich, Robert R ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; SERINE; SUPERANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; ISOELECTRIC POINT; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0029947475     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.4.1161-1165.1996     Document Type: Article

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