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. 1996 Sep;178(18):5546–5549. doi: 10.1128/jb.178.18.5546-5549.1996

Physical and genetic chromosomal map of an M type 1 strain of Streptococcus pyogenes.

A N Suvorov 1, J J Ferretti 1
PMCID: PMC178384  PMID: 8808951

Abstract

A physical map of the chromosome of an M type 1 strain of Streptococcus pyogenes was constructed following digestion with three different restriction enzymes, SmaI, SfiI, and SgrAI, and separation and analysis of fragments by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. The genome size of this strain was estimated to be 1,920 kb. By employing Southern hybridization and PCR analysis, 36 genes were located on the map.

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