Genome-based analysis of virulence genes in a non-biofilm-forming Staphylococcus epidermidis strain (ATCC 12228)

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1577-1593

  Zhang, Yue Qing ^a   Ren, Shuang Xi ^b   Li, Hua Lin ^a   Wang, Yong Xiang ^a   Fu, Gang ^b   Yang, Jian ^d   Qin, Zhi Qiang ^a   Miao, You Gang ^c   Wang, Wen Yi ^a   Chen, Run Sheng ^d   Shen, Yan ^b   Chen, Zhu ^b   Yuan, Zheng Hong ^a   Zhao, Guo Ping ^b,c   Qu, Di ^a   Danchin, Antoine ^e   Wen, Yu Mei ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME CENTER AT SHANGHAI   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^e HKU PASTEUR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILM; COMMENSALISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC MARKER; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VIRULENCE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VIRULENCE;

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

EID: 0141454848     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03671.x     Document Type: Article

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