ABC transporters of staphylococci

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 351-356

  Otto, Michael ^a   Götz, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

ABC transporters; Lantibiotics; Resistance; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LANTIBIOTIC; METICILLIN; MOLYBDIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; PEPTIDES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0342960437     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(01)01206-2     Document Type: Article

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