Identification of Staphylococcus aureus genes expressed during growth in milk: A useful model for selection of genes important in bovine mastitis?

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 981-987

  Lammers, Aart ^a   Kruijt, Ellard ^a   Van De Kuijt, Corine ^a   Nuijten, Piet J M ^a,b   Smith, Hilde E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INTERVET INTERNATIONAL BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Mastitis; Staphyllococcus aureus; Tn917 lac Z

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CATTLE; MASTITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MURINAE; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0034081012     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-4-981     Document Type: Article

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