Design, validation, and application of a seven-strain Staphylococcus aureus PCR product microarray for comparative genomics

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 7504-7514

  Witney, Adam A ^a   Marsden, Gemma L ^a,d   Holden, Matthew T G ^b   Stabler, Richard A ^a,e   Husain, Sarah E ^a   Vass, J Keith ^c   Butcher, Philip D ^a   Hinds, Jason ^a   Lindsay, Jodi A ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c BEATSON INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENES; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

MICROARRAYS; PATHOGENESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS TOXIN;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOBILE GENETIC ELEMENT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

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

EID: 30744464935     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.11.7504-7514.2005     Document Type: Article

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