Molecular analysis of fusidic acid resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 463-469

  Besier, Silke ^a   Ludwig, Albrecht ^a   Brade, Volker ^a   Wichelhaus, Thomas A ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSIDIC ACID;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE FUSA; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FUSIDIC ACID; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR G; POINT MUTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0037243625     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03307.x     Document Type: Article

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