Influence of agr on fibrinogen binding in Staphylococcus aureus Newman

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 3142-3147

  Wolz, Christiane ^a,c   McDevitt, Damien ^b,d   Foster, Timothy J ^b   Cheung, Ambrose L ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene   (Germany)

^d TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAGULASE; FIBRINOGEN; MUTANT PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CATHETER INFECTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COAGULASE POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030016903     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.8.3142-3147.1996     Document Type: Article

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