Complementation of the essential peptidoglycan transpeptidase function of penicillin-binding protein 2 (PBP2) by the drug resistance protein PBP2A in Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 6525-6531

  Pinho, M G ^a   Filipe, S R ^a   De Lencastre, H ^a   Tomasz, A ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; NUCLEOTIDE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; METHICILLIN; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PENICILLINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0034748911     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.22.6525-6531.2001     Document Type: Article

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