Mutation of traP in Staphylococcus aureus has no impact on expression of agr or biofilm formation

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 4528-4533

  Tsang, Laura H ^a   Daily, Sonja T ^a   Weiss, Elizabeth C ^a   Smeltzer, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN TRAP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGR GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRAP GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 34548493026     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00603-07     Document Type: Article

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