Genetic instability of the global regulator agr explains the phenotype of the xpr mutation in Staphylococcus aureus KSI9051

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2609-2615

  McNamara, Peter J ^a   Iandolo, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON;

POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031954085     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.10.2609-2615.1998     Document Type: Article

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