Molecular genetics of SaPI1 - A mobile pathogenicity island in Ataphylococcus aureus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 365-377

  Ruzin, Alexey ^a   Lindsay, Jodi ^a   Novick, Richard P ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE 80ALPHA; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; COLIPHAGE; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPI1 ISLAND; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ATTACHMENT SITES, MICROBIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; INTEGRASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMIDS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGES; SUPERANTIGENS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

ALPHA BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE 80 ALPHA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PHAGES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0034897761     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02488.x     Document Type: Article

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