Two-domain motif for IgG-binding activity by group A streptococcal emm gene products

Gene

Volumn 196, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 75-82

  Bessen, Debra E ^a   Izzo, Marc W ^a   McCabe, Evin J ^a   Sotir, Christine M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene recombination; Genetic linkage; IgG binding protein; M protein

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; MARKER GENE; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 0030874640     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00201-1     Document Type: Article

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