Expression of Staphylococcus aureus clumping factor a in Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris Using a new shuttle vector

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 3516-3522

  Que, Yok A I ^a   Haefliger, Jacques Antoine ^a   Francioli, Patrick ^a   Moreillon, Philippe ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL WALL; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUTTLE VECTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; COAGULASE; FIBRINOGEN; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0034034514     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.6.3516-3522.2000     Document Type: Article

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