Genomic diversity of mec regulator genes in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 289-295

  Kobayashi, N ^a   Taniguchi, K ^a   Kojima, K ^a   Urasawa, S ^a   Uehara, N ^a   Omizu, Y ^a   Kishi, Y ^a   Yagihashi, A ^a   Kurokawa, I ^a   Watanabe, N ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATOR GENE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 10244246687     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268800001461     Document Type: Article

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