Molecular characterization of the clumping factor (fibrinogen receptor) of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>

McDevitt, D.; Francois, P.; Vaudaux, P.; J. Foster, T.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1994.tb00304.x

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Molecular characterization of the clumping factor (fibrinogen receptor) of Staphylococcus aureus

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Authors:

D. McDevitt

P. Francois

P. Vaudaux

Abstract

Summary Four mutants of Staphylococcus aureus strain Newman that were defective in the fibrinogen receptor (clumping factor) were isolated by transposon Tn917 mutagenesis. Southern hybridization analysis of the mutants identified transposon‐host DNA junction fragments, one of which was cloned and us...

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