The ica locus of Staphylococcus epidermidis encodes production of the capsular polysaccharide/adhesin

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 4711-4720

  McKenney, David ^a,b   Hübner, Johannes ^a   Muller, Eugene ^a,c   Wang, Ying ^a   Goldmann, Donald A ^a   Pier, Gerald B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

^c FRAMINGHAM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GENE LOCUS; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0031657783     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.10.4711-4720.1998     Document Type: Article

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