Mutations affecting the Rossman fold of isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase are correlated with low-level mupirocin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 438-442

  Antonio, Martin ^a   McFerran, Neil ^a   Pallen, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ISOLEUCINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; PHENYLALANINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; VALINE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GLYCINE; HUMANS; ISOLEUCINE-TRNA LIGASE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUPIROCIN; MUTATION; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICS; THREONINE;

EID: 0036148448     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.2.438-442.2002     Document Type: Article

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