Research article
Lateral gene transfer of streptococcal ICE element RD2 (region of difference 2) encoding secreted proteins
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1 Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, and Department of Pathology, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, 77030, USA
2 Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Microbiology, National Medicines Institute. Warszawa, Poland
3 Université François-Rabelais, Faculté de Médecine, EA 3854 "Bactéries et Risque Materno-Foetal", Tours, France
BMC Microbiology 2011, 11:65 doi:10.1186/1471-2180-11-65
Published: 1 April 2011Additional files
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Table S1: Streptococcal strains used in the study
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Table S2: Primers used for the mutant construction
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Supplemental Methods
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Figure S1: Conformation of proper mutant construction
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Figure S2: Determination of MIC values for mitomycin C and hydrogen peroxide
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Table S3: Homologs of RD2 genes found in GBS
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Figure S3: Induction of prophages and ICE elements in MGAS6180 after treatment with mitomycin C and hydrogen peroxide.
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