DRS is far less divergent than streptococcal inhibitor of complement of group A streptococcus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2933-2935

  Sagar, Vivek ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Ganguly, Nirmal K ^b   Menon, Thangam ^c   Chakraborti, Anuradha ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN DRS; PROTEIN EMM12; PROTEIN EMM55; PROTEIN SIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DRS GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SIC GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 34147186618     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01619-06     Document Type: Article

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