An insert in the covS gene distinguishes a pharyngeal and a blood isolate of Streptococcus pyogenes found in the same individual

Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3085-3095

  Garcia, Alan F ^a   Abe, Lucienne M ^a   Erdem, Guliz ^a   Cortez, Chari L ^a   Kurahara, David ^a   Yamaga, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COVS GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPEB GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHARYNX; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 77957869893     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.042614-0     Document Type: Article

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