Analysis of diversity of mutations in the mecI gene and mecA promoter/operator region of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 717-720

  Kobayashi, Nobumichi ^a   Taniguchi, Koki ^a   Urasawa, Shozu ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CODON USAGE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERATOR GENE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0031942286     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.3.717     Document Type: Article

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