Characterization of the staphylococcal cassette chromosome composite island of Staphylococcus haemolyticus SH32, a methicillin-resistant clinical isolate from China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Yu, Dongliang ^a,b   Pi, Borui ^b   Chen, Yan ^b,c   Wang, Yanfei ^b   Ruan, Zhi ^b   Otto, Michael ^c   Yu, Yunsong ^b  

^a HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; CCR GENE; CCRA5B3 GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; MEC GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROMOSOME COMPOSITE ISLAND; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 84899846571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087346     Document Type: Article

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