Staphylococcus caprae strains carry determinants known to be involved in pathogenicity: A gene encoding an autolysin-binding fibronectin and the ica operon involved in biofilm formation

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 712-718

  Allignet, J ^a   Aubert, S ^a   Dyke, K G H ^a   El Solh, N ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOLYSIN; AUTOLYSIN ATLC; FIBRONECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPRAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIOLYSIS; BINDING SITES; BIOFILMS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FIBRONECTINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; OPERON; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035142066     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.2.712-718.2001     Document Type: Article

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