Associations between enterotoxin gene cluster types egc1, egc2 and egc3, agr types, enterotoxin and enterotoxin-like gene profiles, and molecular typing characteristics of human nasal carriage and animal isolates of Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-25

  Collery, Mark M ^a   Smyth, Davida S ^b   Tumilty, John J G ^a   Twohig, Jane M ^a   Smyth, Cyril J ^a,b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; FUSIDIC ACID; NORLEUCINE; PRIMER DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAT; CLONAL VARIATION; COW; DIFFERENTIATION; DOG; EGC1 GENE; EGC2 GENE; EGC3 GENE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORSE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PSEUDOGENE; RAT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SELU GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER STATE; CATS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; DOGS; ENTEROTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GOATS; HORSES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NOSE; PSEUDOGENES; RABBITS; SHEEP; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWINE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 58149510601     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.005215-0     Document Type: Article

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