Analysis of expression of the alpha-toxin gene (hla) of Staphylococcus aureus by using a chromosomally encoded hla::lacZ gene fusion

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3606-3614

  Ohlsen, Knut ^a   Koller, Klaus Peter ^b   Hacker, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0030982520     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.9.3606-3614.1997     Document Type: Article

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