Plasmid-mediated resistance to thrombin-induced platelet microbicidal protein in staphylococci: Role of the qacA locus

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2395-2399

  Kupferwasser, Leon Iri ^a,b   Skurray, Ronald A ^c   Brown, Melissa H ^c   Firth, Neville ^c   Yeaman, Michael R ^a,d   Bayer, Arnold S ^a,d  

^a St John's Cardiovascular Research Center   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEFENSIN; PROTAMINE; THROMBIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RABBIT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THROMBOCYTE;

EID: 0032862511     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.10.2395     Document Type: Article

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