Structural comparison of three types of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec integrated in the chromosome in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1323-1336

  Ito, T ^a   Katayama, Y ^a   Asada, K ^a   Mori, N ^a   Tsutsumimoto, K ^a   Tiensasitorn, C ^a   Hiramatsu, K ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTIZOXIME; LATAMOXEF; METICILLIN; RECOMBINASE; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0035038576     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.45.5.1323-1336.2001     Document Type: Article

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