Accessory gene regulator types of Staphylococcus aureus isolated in Gorgan, North of Iran

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Bibalan, Meysam Hasannejad ^a   Shakeri, Fatemeh ^a   Javid, Naeme ^a   Ghaemi, Amir ^a   Ghaemi, Ezzat Allah ^a  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agr Group genes; PCR; S. aureus

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY GENE REGULATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FOOD; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84897989730     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2014/6971.4219     Document Type: Article

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