Article
Characterization of a sar homolog of Staphylococcus epidermidis.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jun 1998
Fluckiger U, Wolz C, Cheung A L
Abstract excerpt
Coagulase-negative staphylococci are common nosocomial pathogens. A regulatory element, designated sar, partially controls exoprotein synthesis in coagulase-positive Staphylococcus aureus by modulating the expression of another regulatory locus, called agr. We report here the cloning of a sar homolog in S. epidermidis. The major open reading frame within sar in S. epidermidis is highly homologous (84%) to the S....
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