Glutamine synthetase and heteroresistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 201-207

  Strandén, Anne M ^a   Roos, Martin ^b   Berger Bächi, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; METICILLIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; RNA;

AMIDATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; GENE ACTIVATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0029904122     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1996.2.201     Document Type: Article

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