Staphylococcal chromosome cassette evolution in Staphylococcus aureus inferred from ccr gene complex sequence typing analysis

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1175-1184

  Lina, Gerard ^a,b   Durand, G ^a   Berchich, C ^a   Short, B ^b   Meugnier, H ^a   Vandenesch, F ^a   Etienne, J ^a   Enright, M C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clones; Evolution; MRSA; SCCmec; Staphylococcus aureus; Typing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN CCR; PROTEIN MEC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME CASSETTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33751118739     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01548.x     Document Type: Article

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