Characterization of a putative pathogenicity island from bovine Staphylococcus aureus encoding multiple superantigens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 63-70

  Fitzgerald, J R ^a   Monday, S R ^a   Foster, T J ^a   Bohach, G A ^a   Hartigan, P J ^a   Meaney, W J ^a   Smyth, C J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUPERANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENTEROTOXINS; FEMALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0035179065     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.1.63-70.2001     Document Type: Article

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