emm6.40 (emm-cluster M6) subtype-determining sequence encoding the C terminal 10 signal sequence residues and the N terminal 50 residues of the mature M protein. emm6.40 from isolate AA34. Throat isolate from 12 yr old child in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, collected in year 2004. Sequence and information provided by Alemseged Abdissa of the Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa,Ethiopia,working in laboratory of Dr. Goran Kronvall, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. . . . emm6.40.sds Length: 180 August 31, 2006 14:43 Type: N Check: 6218 .. 1 TTAGTTGTCA ATACTAATGA AGTTAGTGCA AGAGTGTTTC CTAGGGGGAC 51 GGTAGAAAAC CCGGACAAAG CACGAGAACT TCTTAACAAG TATGACGTAG 101 AGAACTCTAT GTTACAAGCT AATAATGAAA AGTTAACAAC TGAGAATAAT 151 AACTTAACAG ATCAGAATAA AAACTTAACA