Operon structure of Staphylococcus aureus

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3263-3274

  ten Broeke Smits, Nicole J P ^a   Pronk, Tessa E ^b   Jongerius, Ilse ^a   Bruning, Oskar ^b   Wittink, Floyd R ^b   Breit, Timo M ^b   van Strijp, Jos A G ^a   Fluit, Ad C ^a   Boel, C H Edwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT; EFB PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IN VITRO STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; OPERON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNTRANSLATED REGIONS;

EID: 77952837218     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq058     Document Type: Article

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