Phage-mediated horizontal transfer of a Staphylococcus aureus virulence-associated genomic island

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Moon, Bo Youn ^a,b   Park, Joo Youn ^a   Hwang, Sun Yung ^b   Robinson, D Ashley ^c   Thomas, Jonathan C ^c   Fitzgerald, J Ross ^d   Park, Yong Ho ^b   Seo, Keun Seok ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; VIRUS DNA;

BACTERIAL GENOME; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPHAGE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; PROPHAGES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84928137945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep09784     Document Type: Article

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