Transposon-mediated insertional mutagenesis of the D-alanyl-lipoteichoic acid (dlt) operon raises methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 823-829

  Nakao, Ayumi ^a   Imai, Shin ichiro ^a   Takano, Toshiya ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

dlt operon; Insertional mutagenesis; Methicillin resistance; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

DEXTRO ALANYL LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; DNA; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; METICILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0034533791     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(00)01148-7     Document Type: Article

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