High genetic variability of the agr locus in Staphylococcus species

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1180-1186

  Dufour, Philippe ^a   Jarraud, Sophie ^a   Vandenesch, Francois ^a   Greenland, Timothy ^a   Novick, Richard P ^a   Bes, Michele ^a   Etienne, Jerome ^a   Lina, Gerard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN KINASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

COLUMBA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS;

EID: 0036154748     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.184.4.1180-1186.2002     Document Type: Article

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