Cloning of aas, a gene encoding a Staphylococcus saprophyticus surface protein with adhesive and autolytic properties

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 871-881

  Hell, Wolfgang ^a   Meyer, Heinz Georg W ^b   Gatermann, Sören G ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLYSIS; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL ADHESION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOLYSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; FIBRONECTINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMAGGLUTININS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; OVIS ARIES; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS;

EID: 0031904826     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00983.x     Document Type: Article

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