Novel locus required for expression of high-level macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 5810-5813

  Martin, P K ^a   Bao, Y ^a   Boyer, E ^a   Winterberg, K M ^a   McDowell, L ^a   Schmid, M B ^a   Buysse, J M ^a  

^a Osel Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENE PRODUCT; JOSAMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; METICILLIN; MIKAMYCIN B; NORFLOXACIN; PHLEOMYCIN; PROTEIN ERMB; ROXITHROMYCIN; SSA PROTEIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TYLOSIN TARTRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; MACROLIDES; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOGRAMINS; TEMPERATURE;

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

EID: 0036785328     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.20.5810-5813.2002     Document Type: Article

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