A nuc-deficient meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-

  Van Leeuwen, Willem ^a   Roorda, Lieuwe ^b   Hendriks, Wim ^b   Francois, Patrice ^c   Schrenzel, Jacques ^c,d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Medisch Centrum Rijnmond Zuid   (Netherlands)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d Department of Genetics and Laboratory Medicine ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; MRSA; nuc deficiency

Indexed keywords

COENZYME A; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; GENOMIC DNA; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; RNA 16S;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUC GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 53549128358     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2008.00478.x     Document Type: Letter

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