The extracellular hyaluronidase gene (hylA) of Streptococcus pyogenes

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 109-112

  Hynes, Wayne L ^a   Dixon, Abigail R ^a   Walton, Sheryl Lynne ^a   Aridgides, Laura J ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyaluronate lyase; Hyaluronidase; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

DNA, BACTERIAL; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYLA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 0033982002     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00029-X     Document Type: Article

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