A low-fibronectin-binding mutant of Staphylococcus aureus 879R4S has Tn918 inserted into its single fnb gene

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2153-2160

  Greene, C ^a   Vaudaux, P E ^b   Francois, P ^b   Proctor, R A ^c   McDevitt, D ^a,d   Foster, T J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Endocarditis; Fibronectin binding protein; Staphylococcus aureus; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDITIS; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; START CODON; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0029827206     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-8-2153     Document Type: Article

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