@article{d6b009f6cd5a4ff3b1ef2b06728aacd3,
title = "Fibronectin-Binding Protein Gene Recombination and Horizontal Transfer between Group A and G Streptococci",
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.",
keywords = "DNA, fibronectin binding protein, virulence factor, article, bacterial strain, gene, gene cassette, gene transfer, genetic recombination, gfbA gene, homologous recombination, nonhuman, priority journal, sfbI gene, species, Streptococcus group A, Streptococcus group G, Adhesins, Bacterial, Fibronectins, Gene Transfer, Horizontal, Humans, Molecular Sequence Data, Recombination, Genetic, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Streptococcal Infections, Streptococcus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Bacteria (microorganisms), Posibacteria, Streptococcus sp. 'group A', Streptococcus sp. 'group G'",
author = "R TOWERS and D Gal and D McMillan and K Sriprakash and Bart Currie and M Walker and G CHHATWAL and Peter Fagan",
year = "2004",
language = "English",
volume = "42",
pages = "5357--5361",
journal = "Journal of Clinical Microbiology",
issn = "0095-1137",
publisher = "American Society for Microbiology",
number = "11",
}