Linear representations of circular plasmids observed in USA300-HOU-MR (a, b) and USA300-MS (c)

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "Subtle genetic changes enhance virulence of methicillin resistant and sensitive "</p><p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/7/99</p><p>BMC Microbiology 2007;7():99-99.</p><p>Published online 6 Nov 2007</p><p>PMCID:PMC2222628.</p><p></p> Replication and regulatory genes are colored red, recombination/transposition genes are green, antibiotic/heavy metal/bacteriocin resistance genes are blue, other genes are white and hypothetical, conserved hypothetical (CHP) and staphylococcal conserved hypotheticals (SCHP) are colored grey. Horizontal bars indicate the regions of pUSA300-HOU-MR and pUSA300-HOU-MS having homology with other sequenced staphylococcal plasmids

DNA sequence of the promoters in USA300-HOU-MR and FPR3757 showing -10 and -35 sequences (red) and SarA consensus binding sites (boxed)

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "Subtle genetic changes enhance virulence of methicillin resistant and sensitive "</p><p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/7/99</p><p>BMC Microbiology 2007;7():99-99.</p><p>Published online 6 Nov 2007</p><p>PMCID:PMC2222628.</p><p></p