Isolation and characterization of a sigB deletion mutant of Staphylococcus aureus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 3667-3669

  Nicholas, R O ^a   Li, Tong ^a   Mcdevitt, D ^a   Marra, Andrea ^a,b   Sucoloski, S ^a   Demarsh, P L ^a   Gentry, D R ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^b PROTEIN DESIGN LABS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGMA FACTOR;

ALLELISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DELETION MUTANT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUND INFECTION;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032967058     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.7.3667-3669.1999     Document Type: Article

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