Group a streptococcal Vir types are M-protein gene (emm) sequence type specific

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 902-907

  Gardiner, Don L ^a,c   Goodfellow, Alison M ^a   Martin, Diana R ^b   Sriprakash, Kadaba S ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

M PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; IMPETIGO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0031953738     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.4.902-907.1998     Document Type: Article

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