Regulation of agr-dependent virulence genes in Staphylococcus aureus by RNAIII from coagulase-negative staphylococci

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3181-3186

  Tegmark, Karin ^a   Morfeldt, Eva ^a   Arvidson, Staffan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; COAGULASE; DNA; ENTEROTOXIN; ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN A; RNA; SERINE PROTEINASE; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS WARNERI;

EID: 0031777834     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.12.3181-3186.1998     Document Type: Article

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