Variation in the N-terminal region of an M-like protein of Streptococcus equi and evaluation of its potential as a tool in epidemiologic studies - Concepedia

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Variation in the N-terminal region of an M-like protein of Streptococcus equi and evaluation of its potential as a tool in epidemiologic studies

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2005

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Toru ANZAI, Yasushi Kuwamoto, Ryuichi Wada, Sigeo Sugita, Tsutomu Kakuda, Tohru Higuchi, John F. Timoney

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Abstract

This study documented a region in the N-terminal portion of SeM that varies in a nonsynonymous manner. This information should be useful in molecular epidemiologic studies of S equi.

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