Characteristic expression of three genes, msr(A), mph(C) and erm(Y), that confer resistance to macrolide antibiotics on Staphylococcus aureus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 287-293

  Matsuoka, Mayumi ^a   Inoue, Matsuhisa ^b   Endo, Yoshihiro ^a   Nakajima, Yoshinori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

erm; Erythromycin; Inactivation; Macrolide antibiotics; MLS antibiotics; mph; msr; Resistance; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ERYTHROMYCIN; ESTERASE; KETOLIDE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; MYCINAMICIN; ROSARAMICIN; YM 133;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERM GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRAIT; HYDROLYSIS; MPH GENE; MSR GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0037470942     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00134-4     Document Type: Article

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