The hyaluronate lyase of Staphylococcus aureus - A virulence factor?

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2005-2013

  Makris, George ^a   Wright, John D ^a   Ingham, Eileen ^a   Holland, Keith T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; HYALURONIC ACID; LYASE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUTTLE VECTOR; SKIN INFECTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WILD TYPE;

INSERTION SEQUENCES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNIDENTIFIED SHUTTLE VECTOR;

EID: 3142689755     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26942-0     Document Type: Article

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