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SUBMITTER: Hussain M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC96261 | biostudies-literature | 2001 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hussain M M Becker K K von Eiff C C Peters G G Herrmann M M
Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology 20011101 6
Map and Eap are secreted Staphylococcus aureus proteins that interact with various extracellular matrix molecules. PCR analysis using map primers yielded positive reactions in 97.9% of S. aureus isolates but not in Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates. Cloning and sequencing of the conferring genes revealed a high degree of overall homology combined with size variability of the gene product due to various repeat numbers and early translation termination in a poly(A) region. Thus, Map and Eap may ...[more]