emm3.40 (emm-cluster A-C5) from upper respiratory isolate 1RP228 (multilocus sequence type ST15) recovered during 1959 in New York. Unusual in that the M protein is predicted to be truncated due to an 8 base insertion (bases 184-191). From Lancefield collection. Sequence and information provided by Dr. Debra Bessen. emm3.40 Length: 799 December 13, 2006 16:31 Type: N Check: 7578 .. 1 GCGGTtGCTT TGACaGTTTT AGGGACAGGA CTGGTAGCAG GGCAGACAGT 51 AAAGGCAGAT GCTAGGAGTG TTAATGGAGA GTTTCCTAGA CATGTTAAAT 101 TAAAAAATGA AATTGAGAAC TTGTTAGATC AGGTTACACA ATTATATAAT 151 AAACATAATA GTAATTACCA ACAATATAAT GCAATAATGC ACAAGCTGGC 201 AGACTTGACC TGAGACAAAA GGCTGAATAT CTAAAAGGCC TTAATGATTG 251 GGCTGAGAGG CTGTTACAAG AGTTAAATGG AGAAGATGTA AAAAAAGTTT 301 TAGGTAAAGT GGCTTTTGAA AAAGATGATT TAGAAAAGGA GGTTAAAGAA 351 CTTAAGAAAA AAATAGACAA AAAGGAAAAG GAATATCAGG ACTTAGATAA 401 AGATTTTGAC TTGGCCAAAC AGGGGTATGT TTTATCAGAT AAAAGACATC 451 AACAAGAACT AGAAGAAAAA GAAAAGAAAG TTACAGAAGC AACTGCTAAA 501 GTTGGCCAGA TTAGCGAAGA GCTAGAGACA GTTAAACAAA AAGTTGAAAG 551 TACTATGCAA GATTTAACTG AAAAACAAAA TCGTGTTTCT CAGTTAGAGC 601 AAGAATTAGC TACTACTAAA CAAAATGCTA AAGAAGATTT TGAACTAGCA 651 GCATTAGCTA ATGCCGCTGA TAAACAAAAG TTAGAAGCTA AGATTGCCGA 701 TTTAGAAACA AAACTAAAAG AGGCAAAGGA AGATTTTGAA CTAGCAGCAT 751 TAGGTCACCA ACATGCTCAT AATGAGTATC AAGCAAAACT AGCAGAAAA