Cloning of type 8 capsule genes and analysis of gene clusters for the production of different capsular polysaccharides in Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2118-2126

  Sau, Subrata ^a   Lee, Chia Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENCAPSULATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0029879888     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.7.2118-2126.1996     Document Type: Article

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