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Role of a cysteine synthase in Staphylococcus aureus.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Mar 2004
Lithgow James K, Hayhurst Emma J, Cohen Gerald, Aharonowitz Yair, Foster Simon J
Abstract excerpt
The gram-positive human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus is often isolated with media containing potassium tellurite, to which it has a higher level of resistance than Escherichia coli. The S. aureus cysM gene was isolated in a screen for genes that would increase the level of tellurite resistance of E. coli DH5alpha. The protein encoded by S. aureus cysM is sequentially and functionally homologous to the...
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