Role of SarA in virulence determinant production and environmental signal transduction in Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 6232-6241

  Chan, Pan F ^a   Foster, Simon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OVIS ARIES; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031786412     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.23.6232-6241.1998     Document Type: Article

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