Cloning and Sequence Analysis of Genes Encoding Staphylococcus hyicus Exfoliative Toxin Types A, B, C, and D

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1833-1837

  Ahrens, Peter ^a   Andresen, Lars Ole ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; EXFOLIATIN; EXFOLIATIN EXHA; EXFOLIATIN EXHB; EXFOLIATIN EXHC; EXFOLIATIN EXHD; GENOMIC DNA; GLUTAMIC ACID; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXHA GENE; EXHB GENE; EXHC GENE; EXHD GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HYICUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXFOLIATINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HYICUS;

EID: 1542347211     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.6.1833-1837.2004     Document Type: Article

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