Close correlation of streptococcal DNase B (sdaB) alleles with emm genotypes in Streptococcus pyogenes

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 925-929

  Matsumoto, Masakado ^a,b   Sakae, Kenji ^a   Hashikawa, Shinnosuke ^b   Torii, Keizo ^b   Hasegawa, Tadao ^b   Horii, Toshinobu ^c   Endo, Miyoko ^d   Okuno, Rumi ^d   Murayama, Shoko ^e   Hirasawa, Kyoko ^f   Suzuki, Rieko ^g   Isobe, Junko ^h   Tanaka, Daisuke ^h   Katsukawa, Chihiro ⁱ   Tamaru, Aki ⁱ   Tomita, Masaaki ^j   Ogata, Kikuyo ^k   Ikebe, Tadayoshi ^l   Watanabe, Haruo ^l   Ohta, Michio ^b   Saito, H ^m   Otani, K ^m   Oguro, M ^m   Fujisaki, J ^m   Sugama, K ^m   Hosorogi, S ^m   Sakaki, M ^m   Kasama, Y ^m   Tanaka, H ^m   Sunahara, C ^m   Shimizu, T ^m   Moroishi, S ^m   Abe, Y ^m   Kudaka, J ^m   more..

^a AICHI PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^e YAMAGATA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^f Department of Bacteriology   (Japan)

^g KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^h TOYAMA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Japan)

ⁱ OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^j Yamaguchi Prefectural Research Institute of Public Health   (Japan)

^k Oita Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment   (Japan)

^l NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^m NONE

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Author keywords

emm genotype; SdaB gene; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 27544491279     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2005.tb03684.x     Document Type: Article

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