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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2004

Fibronectin-binding protein gene recombination and horizontal transfer between group A and G streptococci.

Rebecca J Towers, Daniel Gal, David McMillan, Kadaba S Sriprakash, Bart J Currie, Mark J Walker, Gursharan S Chhatwal, Peter K Fagan

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Rebecca J TowersMenzies School of Health Research, Casuarina, Northern Territory 0811, Australia.
Daniel Gal
David McMillan
Kadaba S Sriprakash
Bart J Currie
Mark J Walker
Gursharan S Chhatwal
Peter K Fagan
Menzies School of Health Research · AUQIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute · AUUniversity of Wollongong · AUHelmholtz Centre for Infection Research · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report evidence of interspecies gene transfer between the important virulence factor genes sfbI and gfbA. Because the identified group G streptococcus gfbA types possess DNA cassettes that can be identified in a number of group A streptococcus strains, it appears that homologous recombination is occurring between these species.

Indexed as

Gene Transfer, HorizontalRecombination, GeneticAdhesins, BacterialFibronectinsHumansMolecular Sequence DataSequence Analysis, DNAStreptococcal InfectionsStreptococcusStreptococcus pyogenesAdhesins, Bacterialfibronectin-binding proteins, bacterialFibronectins

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PMID15528742
PMCPMC525228
OpenAlexW2107223403

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