Msr(A) and related macrolide/streptogramin resistance determinants: Incomplete transporters?

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 228-236

  Reynolds, Elinor ^a   Ross, Jeremy I ^a   Cove, Jonathan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABC transporter; Erythromycin; Macrolide; Msr(A); Staphylococcus; Streptogramin

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CARBOMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; JOSAMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; MIKAMYCIN B; OLEANDOMYCIN; PRISTINAMYCIN; SPIRAMYCIN; STREPTOGRAMIN; TYLOSIN; VIRGINIAMYCIN M;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC STRAIN; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0042835378     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(03)00218-8     Document Type: Article

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