Suppression of glycopeptide resistance in a highly teicoplanin-resistant mutant of Staphylococcus aureus by transposon inactivation of genes involved in cell wall synthesis

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 159-168

  Sieradzki, Krzysztof ^a   Tomasz, Alexander ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; DETERGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; METICILLIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PLASMID DNA; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL WALL; CROSS LINKING; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYNTHESIS; TRANSPOSON;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031773493     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1998.4.159     Document Type: Article

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