The gene for toxic shock toxin is carried by a family of mobile pathogenicity islands in Staphylococcus aureus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 527-543

  Lindsay, Jodi A ^a,b   Ruzin, Alexey ^a   Ross, Hope F ^a   Kurepina, Natasha ^a,c   Novick, Richard P ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; INTEGRASE; SUPERANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENTEROTOXINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REC A RECOMBINASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGES; SUPERANTIGENS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PHAGES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031822031     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00947.x     Document Type: Article

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