Use of a putative transcriptional regulator gene as target for specific identification of Staphylococcus epidermidis

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 325-330

  Liu, D ^a,c   Swiatlo, E ^b   Austin, F W ^a   Lawrence, M L ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Identification; PCR; Staphylococcus epidermidis; Transcriptional regulator gene

Indexed keywords

GENES;

EPIDERMIDIS; GENBANK; GENES ENCODING; IDENTIFICATION; PCR; PCR PRIMER SETS; SPECIES SPECIFICS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR GENE;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; DNA; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BACTERIUM; DNA; GENE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATOR GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 33747119624     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.01948.x     Document Type: Article

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