Sequence type 1 group B Streptococcus, an emerging cause of invasive disease in adults, evolves by small genetic changes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 6431-6436

  Flores, Anthony R ^a   Galloway Peña, Jessica ^a   Sahasrabhojane, Pranoti ^a   Saldaña, Miguel ^a   Yao, Hui ^a   Su, Xiaoping ^a   Ajami, Nadim J ^b   Holder, Michael E ^b   Petrosino, Joseph F ^b   Thompson, Erika ^a   Ros, Immaculada Margarit Y ^c   Rosini, Roberto ^c   Grandi, Guido ^c   Horstmann, Nicola ^a   Teatero, Sarah ^d   McGeer, Allison ^e,f   Fittipaldi, Nahuel ^d,f   Rappuoli, Rino ^c   Baker, Carol J ^a,b   Shelburne, Samuel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evolution; Pathogenesis; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Streptococcus agalactiae; Surface protein

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONTARIO; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEXAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONTARIO; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROGROUP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TEXAS;

EID: 84929430297     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1504725112     Document Type: Article

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