Elimination of Chromosomal Island SpyCIM1 from Streptococcus pyogenes Strain SF370 Reverses the Mutator Phenotype and Alters Global Transcription

• Christina Hendrickson ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Christina Hendrickson, Chad W. Euler

  Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, The Biology Department, The University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Chad W. Euler ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Christina Hendrickson, Chad W. Euler

  Affiliations Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Belfer Research Building, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Scott V. Nguyen,

  Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Maliha Rahman,

  Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Kimberly A. McCullor,

  Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Catherine J. King,

  Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Vincent A. Fischetti,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• W. Michael McShan

  * E-mail: William-McShan@ouhsc.edu

  Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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