Identification of a Chimeric M4 Protein and Novel Emm Pattern in Currently Circulating Strains of Emm4 Group A Streptococcus
Sruti DebRoy, Xiqi Li, Awdhesh Kalia, Jessica Galloway-Peña, Brittany J. Shah, Vance G. Fowler, Anthony R. Flores, Samuel A. Shelburne
The paper identifies a chimeric M4 protein and a novel Emm pattern in emm4 GAS strains due to an emm/enn gene fusion, which replaced pattern E strains in Houston over four years.
Microbial Genomics · Nov 1, 2018Peer-reviewedGenomics