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Updated model of group A Streptococcus M proteins based on a comprehensive worldwide study.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 May 2013
McMillan D J, Drèze P-A, Vu T, Bessen D E, Guglielmini J, Steer A C, Carapetis J R, Van Melderen L, Sriprakash K S, Smeesters P R
Abstract excerpt
Group A Streptococcus (GAS) M protein is an important virulence factor and potential vaccine antigen, and constitutes the basis for strain typing (emm-typing). Although >200 emm-types are characterized, structural data were obtained from only a limited number of emm-types. We aim to evaluate the sequence diversity of near-full-length M proteins from worldwide sources and analyse their structure, sequence...
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