Staphylococcus sciuri bacteriophages double-convert for staphylokinase and phospholipase, mediate interspecies plasmid transduction, and package mecA gene

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Zeman, M ^a   Maslanova I ^a   Indrakova A ^a   Siborova M ^a   Mikulasek K ^a   Bendickova K ^a   Plevka, P ^a   Vrbovska V ^a   Zdrahal Z ^a   Doskar J ^a   Pantucek R ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUR PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METALLOPROTEINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE;

BACTERIAL GENE; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOST RANGE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; PROCEDURES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ATTACHMENT; VIRUS GENOME;

GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOMICS; HOST SPECIFICITY; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; PHOSPHOLIPASES; PLASMIDS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGES; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; VIRUS ATTACHMENT;

EID: 85017444413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep46319     Document Type: Article

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