Genetic linkage of exotoxin alleles and emm gene markers for tissue tropism in group A streptococci

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 627-636

  Bessen, Debra E ^a,b,c   Izzo, Marc W ^a,b,c   Fiorentino, Therese R ^a,b,c   Caringal, Romeo M ^a,b,c,d   Hollingshead, Susan K ^a,b,c   Beall, Bernard ^a,b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^d International Nepal Fellowship   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; EXOTOXIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; IMPETIGO; NASOPHARYNX; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

ALLELES; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; EXOTOXINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MEMBRANE PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS PHAGES; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0033384993     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314631     Document Type: Article

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