Article
Cloning of genes affecting capsule expression in Staphylococcus aureus strain M.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Jun 1992
Lee C Y
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococcus aureus strain M produces large amounts of capsular polysaccharide. It produces a non-encapsulated variant at a frequency of 0.01% at 37 degrees C. At high temperature (43 degrees C), the frequency of capsule loss was shown to be 1-38%. A 19 kb plasmid and a prophage were found to be carried by the M strain, but curing of these elements did not affect capsular production. To clone the capsular (cap)...
Topics
- Bacterial Capsules
- Chromosome Walking
- Cloning, Molecular
- Gene Expression
- Genes, Bacterial
- Multigene Family
- Mutation
- Plasmids
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Transduction, Genetic