Staphylococcus aureus strain designation by agr and cap polymorphism typing and delineation of agr diversification by sequence analysis

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 295, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 67-75

  Goerke, Christiane ^a   Esser, Simone ^a   Kümmel, Mirjam ^a   Wolz, Christiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

agr; cap; Staphylococcus aureus; Typing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 18844397838     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2005.01.004     Document Type: Article

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