Characterization of DNA sequences required for the ccrab-mediated integration of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec, a staphylococcus aureus genomic island

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 486-498

  Wang, Lei ^a   Safo, Martin ^a   Archer, Gordon L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE INSERTION; GENOMIC ISLAND; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; ORFX GENE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERMINAL SEQUENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MUTATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84862923014     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05047-11     Document Type: Article

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