The evolutionary pathway of the staphylococcal cassette chromosome element

Biologia (Poland)

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1195-1203

  Indráková, Adéla ^a   Mašlaňová, Ivana ^a   Kováčová, Viera ^b,c   Doškař, Jiří ^a   Pantůček, Roman ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

evolution; methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); mobile genetic elements; staphylococcal cassette chromosome; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008893158     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/biolog-2016-0156     Document Type: Article

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