arlRS and yabJ-spoVG Loci Affect Capsule Formation in Staphylococcus aureus
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B and the -Dependent arlRS and yabJ-spoVG Loci Affect Capsule Formation in Staphylococcus aureus Stefan Meier, Christiane Goerke, Christiane Wolz, Kati Seidl, Dagmar Homerova, Bettina Schulthess, Jan Kormanec, Brigitte Berger-Bächi, and Markus Bischoff* Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland; Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; Institute of Molecular Biology, Center of Excellence for Molecular Medicine, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic; and Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Saarland, Homburg, Germany
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تاریخ انتشار 2007