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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-4-17
pubmed:abstractText
To examine the molecular population genetics of the M protein family of Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus), the 5' regions of polymerase chain reaction-amplified emm products from 79 M serotypes were sequenced and the phylogeny was compared to estimates of overall genetic relationships among strains determined by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis. Although the 5' emm sequences from several strains designated as distinct M types were identical or almost identical, the overall pattern is characterized by very extensive variation. The composition of distinct emm sequence clusters generally parallels the ability of strains to express serum opacity factor and in some cases historical associations of certain M types with acute rheumatic fever, but not with M types classified as nephritogenic. For many strains there is a lack of congruency between variation in 5' emm sequences and estimates of overall chromosomal relationships, which is undoubtedly due to horizontal transfer and recombination of emm sequences. The results of these studies provide insights into the nature and extent of emm sequence variation and describe how this variation 'maps' onto the population genetic structure of extant S. pyogenes lineages. The complexity of emm sequence and streptococcal cell lineage relationships revealed by this analysis has significant implications for understanding evolutionary events generating strain diversity and the epidemiology of S. pyogenes diseases.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0950-382X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:geneSymbol
emm
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
619-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7891551-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7891551-Antigens, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:7891551-Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7891551-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7891551-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7891551-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7891551-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:7891551-DNA, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:7891551-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:7891551-Genes, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:7891551-Genetic Variation, pubmed-meshheading:7891551-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7891551-Molecular Biology, pubmed-meshheading:7891551-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7891551-Phylogeny, pubmed-meshheading:7891551-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:7891551-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:7891551-Species Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:7891551-Streptococcal Infections, pubmed-meshheading:7891551-Streptococcus pyogenes, pubmed-meshheading:7891551-Terminology as Topic
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Non-congruent relationships between variation in emm gene sequences and the population genetic structure of group A streptococci.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Medical School, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't