The superoxide dismutase gene sodM is unique to Staphylococcus aureus: Absence of sodM in coagulase-negative staphylococci

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2465-2472

  Wright Valderas, Michelle ^a   Gatson, Joshua W ^a   Wreyford, Natalie ^a   Hart, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN SODA; PROTEIN SODM; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL LYSATE; CELL MIGRATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HYBRID; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COAGULASE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0036227705     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.9.2465-2472.2002     Document Type: Article

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