Variation in the agr-dependent expression of α-toxin and protein A among clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from patients with septicaemia

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 155-161

  Li, S ^a   Arvidson, S ^a   Mollby R ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Toxin; Agr system; Protein A; RNA DNA hybridization

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ALPHA TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; SEPTICEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030833641     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00195-X     Document Type: Article

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