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A novel comprehensive analysis method for Staphylococcus aureus pathogenicity islands.
Microbiology and immunology - 1 Feb 2013
Sato'o Yusuke, Omoe Katsuhiko, Ono Hisaya K, Nakane Akio, Hu Dong-Liang
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococcus aureus pathogenicity islands (SaPIs) form a growing family of mobile genetic elements (MGEs) in Staphylococci. Horizontal genetic transfer by MGEs plays an important role in the evolution of S. aureus. Several SaPIs carry staphylococcal enterotoxin and SE-like toxin genes. To comprehensively investigate the diversity of SaPIs, a series of primers corresponding to sequences flanking six SaPI...
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