Article
Molecular population genetic analysis of the enn subdivision of group A streptococcal emm-like genes: horizontal gene transfer and restricted variation among enn genes.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Mar 1995
Whatmore A M, Kapur V, Musser J M, Kehoe M A
Abstract excerpt
The group A streptococcal emm-like genes, which encode the cell-surface M and M-like proteins, are divided into distinct mrp, emm and enn subdivisions and are clustered together in a region of the chromosome called the vir regulon. In order to understand the mechanisms involved in the evolution of emm-like genes, a 180 bp fragment of the 5' variable region of the enn gene was characterized in 31 strains for which...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Bacterial Proteins
- Base Sequence
- Carrier Proteins
- DNA, Bacterial
- Genetic Variation
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family