Detection of the response regulator AgrA in the cytosolic fraction of Staphylococcus aureus by monoclonal antibodies

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 143, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 195-201

  Morfeldt, Eva ^a   Panova Sapundjieva, Iscra ^a,b   Gustafsson, Björn ^a,c   Arvidson, Staffan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Agr; Regulation; Response regulator; Staphylococcus aureus; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PLASMID DNA; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AGRA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030271449     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00310-2     Document Type: Article

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