Article
The gene for toxic shock toxin is carried by a family of mobile pathogenicity islands in Staphylococcus aureus.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Jul 1998
Lindsay J A, Ruzin A, Ross H F, Kurepina N, Novick R P
Abstract excerpt
Tst, the gene for toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1), is part of a 15.2 kb genetic element in Staphylococcus aureus that is absent in TSST-1-negative strains. The prototype, in RN4282, is flanked by a 17 nucleotide direct repeat and contains genes for a second possible superantigen toxin, a Di...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Bacterial Toxins
- Base Sequence
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Enterotoxins
- Genetic Variation
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Rec A Recombinases
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Deletion
- Species Specificity
- Staphylococcus Phages
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Superantigens
- Transduction, Genetic