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. 1987 Dec;55(12):3237–3239. doi: 10.1128/iai.55.12.3237-3239.1987

A highly conserved region present in transcripts encoding heterologous M proteins of group A streptococci.

S K Hollingshead 1, V A Fischetti 1, J R Scott 1
PMCID: PMC260060  PMID: 2445686

Abstract

In group A streptococcal strains of 10 different serotypes, the sequence previously identified as homologous to the structural gene for type 6 M protein (emm6) was found to be transcribed. The conserved sequence, which shows greater than 95% homology among heterologous M proteins, was identified as the 3' third of the gene.

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