Transfer of plasmid DNA to clinical coagulase-negative staphylococcal pathogens by using a unique bacteriophage

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2481-2488

  Winstel, Volker ^a,b   Kühner, Petra ^a,b   Krismer, Bernhard ^a,b   Peschel, Andreas ^a,b   Rohde, Holger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOMOLECULES; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PATHOGENS;

BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; ELECTROPORATION; GENETIC MANIPULATIONS; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION SYSTEMS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

DNA;

BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PATHOGEN; PLASMID; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SIGB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SIGMA FACTOR;

GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MICROBIAL GENETICS; PLASMID; PROCEDURES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC VECTORS; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; PLASMIDS; SIGMA FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGES; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84925358068     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.04190-14     Document Type: Article

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