Molecular characterization of the capsule locus from non-typeable Staphylococcus aureus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 948-960

  Cocchiaro, Jordan L ^a,c   Gomez, Marisa I ^b,d   Risley, Allison ^a   Solinga, Robert ^a   Sordelli, Daniel O ^b   Lee, Jean C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COW; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33645060497     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04978.x     Document Type: Article

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