Teicoplanin stress-selected mutations increasing σB activity in Staphylococcus aureus

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1714-1720

  Bischoff, Markus ^a   Berger BÄCHI, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; SQUALENE SYNTHASE; TEICOPLANIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COLONY FORMATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PLASMIDS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEICOPLANIN;

EID: 0343831485     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.45.6.1714-1720.2001     Document Type: Article

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