Description of a new group of variants of the Staphylococcus aureus elastin-binding protein that lacks an entire DNA segment of 180 bp

International Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 621-629

  Campoccia, Davide ^a   Montanaro, Lucio ^a,b   Ravaioli, Stefano ^a,b   Cangini, Ilaria ^a,b   Speziale, Pietro ^c   Arciola, Carla Renata ^a,b  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adhesins; Elastin binding protein (EbpS); Implant related infections; MSCRAMM; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN; GENE ENCODING; GLYCOPROTEINS; NUCLEOTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADHESIN; ADHESIVE MATRICES; BINDING PROTEINS; ELASTIN-BINDING PROTEIN; IMPLANT RELATED INFECTION; MATRIX MOLECULES; MICROBIAL SURFACE COMPONENT RECOGNIZING ADHESIVE MATRIX MOLECULE; MICROBIAL SURFACES; PROTEIN GENES; SURFACE COMPONENTS;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ELASTIN BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 70549096896     PISSN: 03913988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/039139880903200911     Document Type: Article

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