Identification and molecular characterization of a gene homologous to epr (endopeptidase resistance gene) in Staphylococcus aureus

Gene

Volumn 224, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 67-75

  Sugai, Motoyuki ^a   Fujiwara, Tamaki ^a   Komatsuzawa, Hitoshi ^a   Hidekazu Suginaka, ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ALE 1; FemA B; Lysostaphin; Peptidoglycan

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; GLYCYLGLYCINE; HYDROLASE; LYSOSTAPHIN; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEINASE; SERINE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOLYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE LOCATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLYSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENZYMES; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032509190     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00508-3     Document Type: Article

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