A novel comprehensive analysis method for Staphylococcus aureus pathogenicity islands

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 91-99

  Sato'o, Yusuke ^a,b   Omoe, Katsuhiko ^a,b   Ono, Hisaya K ^a,b   Nakane, Akio ^c   Hu, Dong Liang ^d  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enterotoxin genes; Pathogenicity islands; Staphylococcus aureus; Toxin production

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; SUPERANTIGEN; TAQ POLYMERASE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE INSERTION; GENE PRODUCT; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRAIT; HETEROZYGOTE; LABORATORY DEVICE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCESS DESIGN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEB GENE; SELK GENE; SELQ GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMIC ISLANDS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84873730828     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1348-0421.12007     Document Type: Article

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