Characterization of fmtA, a gene that modulates the expression of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2121-2125

  Komatsuzawa, Hitoshi ^a   Ohta, Kouji ^a   Labischinski, Harald ^b   Sugai, Motoyuki ^a   Suginaka, Hidekazu ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFOXITIN; FOSFOMYCIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN FMTA; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0032850546     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.9.2121     Document Type: Article

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