Molecular characterization and transcriptional analysis of type 8 capsule genes in Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1614-1621

  Sau, Subrata ^a   Sun, Jiwen ^a   Lee, Chia Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031046395     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.5.1614-1621.1997     Document Type: Article

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