The fib locus in Streptococcus pneumoniae is required for peptidoglycan crosslinking and PBP-mediated β-lactam resistance

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-85

  Weber, Beate ^a   Ehlert, Kerstin ^b   Diehl, Andrea ^a   Reichmann, Peter ^a   Labischinski, Harald ^b   Hakenbeck, Regine ^a  

^a Abteilung Mikrobiologie ^*  (Germany)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drug target; Penicillin resistance; Peptidoglycan; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPERON; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0034237234     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00214-7     Document Type: Article

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