The Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec type V from Staphylococcus aureus ST398 is packaged into bacteriophage capsids

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 304, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 764-774

  Chlebowicz, Monika A ^a   Mašlaňová, Ivana ^b   Kuntová, Lucie ^b   Grundmann, Hajo ^a   Pantůček, Roman ^b   Doškař, Jiří ^b   van Dijl, Jan Maarten ^a   Buist, Girbe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Phage; SCCmec; ST398; Staphylococcus aureus; Transduction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC TYPE V; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PLASMID; PROPHAGE; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEROLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

GENES, BACTERIAL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PLASMIDS; PROPHAGES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGES; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

EID: 84903819643     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2014.05.010     Document Type: Article

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