Figure 8From: Impact of agr dysfunction on virulence profiles and infections associated with a novel methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) variant of the lineage ST1-SCCmec IVTranscriptional levels of virulence-associated genes determined by RT-qPCR, using ΔΔC T comparative method. (1) USA400-related isolates 08–008 (agr-dysfunctional) and (2) 96/05 (agr-functional). (3) BMB9393 was used as a control and (4) RN6390B as calibrator. RQ: Relative quantity.Back to article page