Distribution of the synergistic haemolysin genes hld and slush with respect to agr in human staphylococci

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 139-144

  Donvito, Béatrice ^a   Etienne, Jerome ^a   Greenland, Timothy ^b   Mouren, Christiane ^a   Delorme, Viviane ^a   Vandenesch, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

agr; hld; Human staphylococcus; slush

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE LOCATION; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPRAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS;

EID: 0030737569     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00149-3     Document Type: Article

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