title: Geographical heterogeneity between Far East and Europe in prevalence of ypm gene encoding the novel superantigen among Yersinia pseudotuberculosis strains.
abstract: Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is known to produce a novel superantigen designated Y. pseudotuberculosis-derived mitogen. In the present study, we demonstrated that there was a distinct geographical heterogeneity between the Far East (higher prevalence) and Europe (lower prevalence) in the prevalence of the ypm gene encoding the superantigen among Y. pseudotuberculosis strains.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta, India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshino
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ramamurthy
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohtomo
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeda
mesh_terms: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005060:Europe; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012703:Serotyping; D018089:Superantigens / Q000235:genetics*; D015011:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015012:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infections / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D018089:Superantigens; C093313:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis-derived mitogen