The Staphylococcus aureus lrgAB operon modulates murein hydrolase activity and penicillin tolerance

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1794-1801

  Groicher, Kajetan H ^a   Firek, Brian A ^a   Fujimoto, David F ^a   Bayles, Kenneth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HYDROLASE; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CYTOLYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLYSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; OPERON; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; PHENOTYPE; RNA, MESSENGER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

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

EID: 0034065895     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.7.1794-1801.2000     Document Type: Article

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