Genetic locus for streptolysin S production by group A streptococcus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 4245-4254

  Nizet, Victor ^a   Beall, Bernard ^b   Bast, Darrin J ^c   Datta, Vivekananda ^a   Kilburn, Laurie ^c   Low, Donald E ^c   De Azavedo, Joyce C S ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; STREPTOLYSIN S;

ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MUTAGENESIS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHARYNGITIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOME WALKING; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOLYSINS;

EID: 0033919434     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.7.4245-4254.2000     Document Type: Article

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