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Diversity of staphylocoagulase and identification of novel variants of staphylocoagulase gene in Staphylococcus aureus.
Microbiology and immunology - 1 Jul 2008
Kinoshita Marie, Kobayashi Nobumichi, Nagashima Shigeo, Ishino Masaho, Otokozawa Seiko, Mise Keiji, Sumi Ayako, Tsutsumi Hiroyuki, Uehara Nobuyuki, Watanabe Naoki, Endo Miyoko
Abstract excerpt
Staphylocoagulase (SC) is a major phenotypic determinant of Staphylococcus aureus. Serotype of SC (coagulase type) is used as an epidemiological marker and 10 types (I-X) have been discriminated so far. To clarify genetic diversity of SC within a single and among different serotype(s), we determined approximately 1500 bp-nucleotide sequences of SC gene encoding D1, D2, and central regions (N-terminal half and...
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