Control of Staphylococcus aureus pathogenicity island excision

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 833-845

  Mir Sanchis, Ignacio ^a   Martínez Rubio, Roser ^a,b   Martí, Miguel ^a   Chen, John ^c   Lasa, Íñigo ^d   Novick, Richard P ^c   Tormo Más, María Ángeles ^a,b   Penadés, José R ^b,e  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CEU CARDENAL HERRERA   (Spain)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; STL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XIS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA FLANKING REGION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC REGULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INT GENE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; XIS GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENOMIC ISLANDS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84865572794     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08145.x     Document Type: Article

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