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Identification of a chimeric emm gene and novel emm pattern in currently circulating strains of emm4 Group A Streptococcus

Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is classified on the basis of the sequence of the gene encoding the M protein (emm) and the patterns into which emm types are grouped. We discovered a novel emm pattern in emm4 GAS, historically considered pattern E, arising from a fusion event between emm and the adjacen...

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Autores principales: DebRoy, Sruti, Li, Xiqi, Kalia, Awdhesh, Galloway-Pena, Jessica, Shah, Brittany J., Fowler, Vance G., Flores, Anthony R., Shelburne, Samuel A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Microbiology Society 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6321872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30412460
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000235