Integration analysis of pSK41 in the chromosome of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus K-1

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 190-200

  McElgunn, Cathal J ^a   Zahurul, M ^a   Bhuyian, A ^a,b   Sugiyama, Masanori ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSERTION SEQUENCES; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BLEOMYCIN; BLEOMYCIN N ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BLEOMYCIN N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DIBEKACIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HABEKACIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PLASMID; RESTRICTION MAPPING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSPOSON;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLEOMYCIN; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DIBEKACIN; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035983336     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4028(200206)42:3<190::AID-JOBM190>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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