Rapid differentiation of Staphylococcus aureus isolates harbouring egc loci with pseudogenes ψent1 and ψent2 and the selu or seluv gene using PCR-RFLP

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue PART 2, 2007, Pages 208-216

  Collery, Mark M ^a   Smyth, Cyril J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE BCCI; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE HPHI; SPACER DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; EGC GENE; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; PSI ENT1 GENE; PSI ENT2 GENE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION SITE; SEG GENE; SEI GENE; SELM GENE; SELN GENE; SELO GENE; SELU GENE; SELU V GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE HINDIII; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; ENTEROTOXINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PSEUDOGENES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33847224202     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46948-0     Document Type: Article

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