Factors affecting the collagen binding capacity of Staphylococcus aureus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 3170-3178

  Gillaspy, Allison F ^a   Lee, Chia Y ^b   Sau, Subrata ^b   Cheung, Ambrose L ^c   Smeltzer, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

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

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; COLLAGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL ADHESION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031816677     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.7.3170-3178.1998     Document Type: Article

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