Mutation of sarA in Staphylococcus aureus limits biofilm formation

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 4206-4211

  Beenken, Karen E ^a   Blevins, Jon S ^a,b   Smeltzer, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARA GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0037634030     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.7.4206-4211.2003     Document Type: Article

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