Comparative Analysis of agr Locus Diversification and Overall Genetic Variability among Bovine and Human Staphylococcus aureus Isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1265-1269

  Gilot, Philippe ^a   Van Leeuwen, Willem ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AGR GENE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; HUMANS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 1542513794     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1265-1269.2004     Document Type: Article

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