The Staphylococcus aureus collagen adhesin-encoding gene (cna) is within a discrete genetic element

Gene

Volumn 196, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 239-248

  Gillaspy, Allison F ^a   Patti, Joseph M ^b   Pratt Jr , Frankie L ^c   Iandolo, John J ^c   Smeltzer, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

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

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gram positive bacteria; Host matrix protein; Surface protein

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; COLLAGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; START CODON; STOP CODON; TRANSPOSON;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CODON, INITIATOR; CODON, TERMINATOR; DNA PROBES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030815113     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00256-4     Document Type: Article

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