Directional gene movement from human-pathogenic to commensal-like streptococci

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 4858-4869

  Kalia, A ^a   Enright, M C ^a   Spratt, B G ^a   Bessen, D E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOSAICISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0034915769     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.8.4858-4869.2001     Document Type: Article

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