Factors influencing methicillin resistance in staphylococci

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 165-171

  Berger Bächi, Brigitte ^a   Rohrer, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

aux; fem; mecA; mecI; mecR1; Methicillin resistance; Penicillinase; Regulation; SCCmec; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHROMOSOMAL PARAMETERS; GENE FUNCTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0036367233     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-002-0436-0     Document Type: Short Survey

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