Characterization of a new variant of IS257 that has displaced the capsule genes within bovine isolates of Staphylococcus aureus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 5483-5488

  Tuchscherr, L P N ^a   Gomez, M I ^a,d   Buzzola, F R ^a   Calvinho, L F ^b   Lee, J C ^c   Sordelli, D O ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA   (Argentina)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN IS257; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAP5 GENE; CATTLE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE DELETION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 35648970031     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00747-07     Document Type: Article

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