Genetic organization of the chromosome region surrounding mecA in clinical staphylococcal strains: Role of IS431-mediated mecI deletion in expression of resistance in mecA-carrying, low-level methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus haemolyticus

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1955-1963

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

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MECA GENE; MECI GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE DELETION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034957553     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.45.7.1955-1963.2001     Document Type: Article

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