Sequence of the toxic shock syndrome toxin gene (tstH) borne by strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from patients with Kawasaki syndrome

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 3394-3396

  Deresiewicz, Robert L ^a,b,c   Flaxenburg, Jesse ^a,d   Leng, Kenneth ^a   Kasper, Dennis L ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Charming Laboratory   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CODON; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

EID: 0030054833     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.8.3394-3396.1996     Document Type: Article

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