Development of methicillin resistance in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus sciuri by transcriptional activation of the mecA homologue native to the species

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 645-653

  Couto, Isabel ^a   Wu, Shang Wei ^b   Tomasz, Alexander ^b   De Lencastre, Hermínia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; GENE PRODUCT; METICILLIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOSS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PENICILLINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI;

EID: 0037226496     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.2.645-653.2003     Document Type: Article

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