epr, which encodes glycylglycine endopeptidase resistance, is homologous to femAB and affects serine content of peptidoglycan cross bridges in Staphylococcus capitis and Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 4311-4318

  Sugai, Motoyuki ^a   Fujiwara, Tamaki ^a   Ohta, Kouji ^a   Komatsuzawa, Hitoshi ^a   Ohara, Masaru ^a,b   Suginaka, Hidekazu ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLYCINE; GLYCYLGLYCINE; LYSOSTAPHIN; METICILLIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEINASE; SERINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS BV. STAPHYLOLYTICUS;

EID: 0030747364     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.13.4311-4318.1997     Document Type: Article

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