Recombination drives genetic diversification of streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis in a region of streptococcal endemicity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  McMillan, David J ^a,b   Kaul, Santosh Y ^c   Bramhachari, P V ^d   Smeesters, Pierre R ^e   Vu, Therese ^b   Karmarkar, M G ^c   Shaila, Melkote S ^d   Sriprakash, Kadaba S ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

M PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONAL SPECIES; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMM GENE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; INDIA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE EQUISIMILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION;

STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE;

ALLELES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INDIA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 79961037646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021346     Document Type: Article

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