Identification of pel, a Streptococcus pyogenes locus that affects both surface and secreted proteins

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 6019-6027

  Li, Zhuqing ^a,c   Sledjeski, Darren D ^a   Kreikemeyer, Bernd ^b   Podbielski, Andreas ^b   Boyle, Michael D P ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; DNA; FIBRINOGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NISIN; PROTEIN; STREPTOKINASE; STREPTOLYSIN S;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANSPOSON;

POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0032822538     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.19.6019-6027.1999     Document Type: Article

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