The carboxyl terminus of peptidoglycan stem peptides is a determinant for methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 3151-3155

  De Jonge, Boudewijn L M ^a   Gage, Douglas ^a   Xu, Naxing ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

DEXTRO ALANINE; DEXTRO AMINO ACID; DEXTRO PHENYLALANINE; DEXTRO SERINE; METICILLIN; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; THREONINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CULTURE MEDIA; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; SERINE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THREONINE;

EID: 0036783653     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.10.3151-3155.2002     Document Type: Article

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