Acquisition of five high-M(r) penicillin-binding protein variants during transfer of high-level β-lactam resistance from Streptococcus mitis to Streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1831-1840

  Hakenbeck, Regine ^a,e   König, Andrea ^a   Kern, Izabella ^a,f   Van Der Linden, Mark ^a   Keck, Wolfgang ^b   Billot Klein, Danielle ^c   Legrand, Raymond ^d   Schoot, Bernard ^d   Gutmann, Laurent ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d SANOFI   (France)

^e Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; AMINOACYLTRANSFERASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE TRANSPEPTIDASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A, STREPTOCOCCUS; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2B, STREPTOCOCCUS; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEIN 2A, STREPTOCOCCUS; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEIN 2B, STREPTOCOCCUS; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; PEPTIDYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE TRANSFER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CEFOTAXIME; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0031594816     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.7.1831-1840.1998     Document Type: Article

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