Genome diversification in Staphylococcus aureus: Molecular evolution of a highly variable chromosomal region encoding the staphylococcal exotoxin-like family of proteins

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2827-2838

  Fitzgerald, J Ross ^a,d   Reid, Sean D ^a   Ruotsalainen, Eeva ^b   Tripp, Timothy J ^c   Liu, Meng Yao ^a   Cole, Robert ^a   Kuusela, Pentti ^b   Schlievert, Patrick M ^c   Järvinen, Asko ^b   Musser, James M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN SET; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENETICS; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXOTOXINS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0037407566     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.5.2827-2838.2003     Document Type: Article

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