Proteolytic cleavage of the repressor (BlaI) of β-lactamase synthesis in Staphylococcus aureus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 271-275

  Lewis, Richard A ^a   Curnock, Stephen P ^a   Dyke, Keith G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beta lactamase; BlaI; BlaR1; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REPRESSOR GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032847763     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00366-3     Document Type: Article

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