Expression analysis of the autolysin gene (atl) of Staphylococcus aureus

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 655-659

  Oshida, Tadahiro ^a,c   Takano, Mayumi ^a   Sugai, Motoyuki ^b   Suginaka, Hidekazu ^b   Matsushita, Tadahiro ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atl, Transcription; Autolysin; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOLYSIS; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; OPEN READING FRAME; PROMOTER REGION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031715065     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1998.tb02336.x     Document Type: Article

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