title: Horizontal transfer and mosaic-like emm gene structures in group A streptococci.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Bessen
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Hollingshead
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000378:metabolism; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009030:Mosaicism; D005810:Multigene Family; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; C014689:streptococcal M protein