Increased expression of the ska gene in emm49-genotyped Streptococcus pyogenes strains isolated from patients with severe invasive streptococcal infections

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 272-275

  Ikebe, Tadayoshi ^a   Endoh, Miyoko ^b   Watanabe, Haruo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; STREPTOKINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOKINASE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 27744445987     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 13446304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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