Cloning and nucleotide sequence determination of the entire mec DNA of pre-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus N315

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1449-1458

  Ito, T ^a   Katayama, Y ^a   Hiramatsu, K ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0033000397     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.6.1449     Document Type: Article

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