Transducing particles of Staphylococcus aureus pathogenicity island SaPI1 are comprised of helper phage-encoded proteins

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 7520-7524

  Tallent, Sandra M ^a,b   Langston, Timothy B ^a   Moran, Richard G ^a   Christie, Gail E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of General Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HELPER PHAGE 80ALPHA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS PATHOGENICITY ISLAND 1; VIRION; VIRUS CAPSID;

ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HELPER VIRUSES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGES; VIRAL PROTEINS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 35048889118     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00738-07     Document Type: Article

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