… A), while the expression of capsule serotype 5(CP5) is … genetic loci for cap5 and cap8 are
allelic in that while the four middle genes (capHIJK) are type specific, the other twelve genes …

… and cap-2) flanking the erythromycin resistance gene, ermC, was … Novel allelic profiles and
novel allele sequences were … the presence of the type-specific capHIJK genes. In silico PCR …

… the genetic characteristics of their capsule expression. Pulsed… is an association between
capsular serotypes and the results … that shared alleles at seven loci with the allelic profile of ST5 …

… that the expression of either capsule 5 or 8 serotype enhances … aureus circulating strains can
harbor different alleles of these … - isolates carry an intact spA locus indicates that the genetic …

… produced by Staphylococcus aureus, and its expression is … The genetic loci of the two
serotypes are allelic. Sixteen cap … in which the central four genes (capHIJK) are type specific (6). …

… A panel of 83 virulence related genes was selected to include factors expressed in … of the
capsule biosynthetic locus, indicating that this strain most likely belongs to a different serotype. …

… pneumococcal polysaccharide capsule and the type-specific antisera… The locus is flanked
by a pair of genes known as homologous … of these unique allele numbers, for each gene locus …

… CP8 serotypes is very similar, including serotype-specific genes … commonly encountered
clinical serotypes, CP5 and CP8, respectively. We first examined the expression of the capsule …

… of Staphylococcus aureus depends on the expression of … The cap loci for the production
of both serotypes are allelic, … genes with common genes flanking 4 type-specific genes (13)…

… serotypes are produced from an allelic cap locus consisting of 16 genes with common genes
flanking the 4 type-specific … that expression of mgrA in vivo correlated well with cap gene …