Colony spreading in Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2553-2557

  Kaito, Chikara ^a   Sekimizu, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; DEXTRO ALANINE; TEICHOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL SPREADING; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DLTABCD GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TAGO GENE;

AGAR; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; OPERON; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEICHOIC ACIDS; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33947173608     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01635-06     Document Type: Article

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