The toxic shock syndrome exotoxin structural gene is not detectably transmitted by a prophage

Nature

Volumn 305, Issue 5936, 1983, Pages 709-712

  Kreiswirth, Barry N ^a   Löfdahl, Sven ^a,b   Betley, Marsha J ^a,c   O'reilly, Mary ^a   Schlievert, Patrick M ^a,d   Bergdoll, Merlin S ^a,b   Novick, Richard P ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d National Bacteriological Laboratory   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOTOXIN;

DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; GENETICS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LYSOGENIZATION; PROPHAGE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURAL GENE; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; EXOTOXINS; GENES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNODIFFUSION; LYSOGENY; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGES;

ANIMALIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0020610320     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/305709a0     Document Type: Article

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