Mutations in the DNA mismatch repair proteins MutS and MutL of oxazolidinone-resistant or -susceptible Enterococcus faecium

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 3061-3066

  Willems, Rob J ^a   Top, Janetta ^a   Smith, Derek J ^b   Roper, David I ^c   North, Sarah E ^d   Woodford, Neil ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LINEZOLID; METHIONINE; MUTL PROTEIN, E COLI; MUTS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; PROTEIN MUTL; PROTEIN MUTS; RNA 23S; SERINE; THREONINE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BASE MISPAIRING; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MISMATCH REPAIR; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACETAMIDES; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE FREQUENCY; MUTATION; MUTS DNA MISMATCH-BINDING PROTEIN; OXAZOLIDINONES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0141891115     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.10.3061-3066.2003     Document Type: Article

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