Genome-wide identification of genes required for fitness of group a streptococcus in human blood

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 862-875

  Breton, Yoann Le ^a   Mistry, Pragnesh ^a   Valdes, Kayla M ^a   Quigley, Jeffrey ^a   Kumar, Nikhil ^b   Tettelin, Hervé ^b   McIvera, Kevin S ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADCC GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARA GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPSY GENE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA MICROARRAY; FRUA GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GUAB GENE; HUMAN; MGA GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; OUTWARD SEQUENCING KANAMYCIN RESISTANCE TRANSPOSON; PERR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURA GENE; PURD GENE; PURIFYING SELECTION; PYRB GENE; RALP3 GENE; SCRB GENE; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON;

BLOOD; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC FITNESS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84874671658     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00837-12     Document Type: Article

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