Multilocus sequence typing of Streptococcus pyogenes and the relationships between emm type and clone

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 2416-2427

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

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLONE; DATA BASE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ALLELES; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0035082969     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.4.2416-2427.2001     Document Type: Article

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