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Evolutionary paths of streptococcal and staphylococcal superantigens

BACKGROUND: Streptococcus pyogenes (GAS) harbors several superantigens (SAgs) in the prophage region of its genome, although speG and smez are not located in this region. The diversity of SAgs is thought to arise during horizontal transfer, but their evolutionary pathways have not yet been determine...

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Autores principales: Okumura, Kayo, Shimomura, Yumi, Murayama, Somay Yamagata, Yagi, Junji, Ubukata, Kimiko, Kirikae, Teruo, Miyoshi-Akiyama, Tohru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3538662/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22900646
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-13-404