Ampicillin resistance in Listeria monocytogenes acquired as a result of transposon mutagenesis

Acta Microbiologica Polonica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-142

  Poroś Głuchowska, Joanna ^a   Kłoszewska, Małgorzata ^a   Markiewicz, Zdzisław ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ampicillin resistance; L. monocytogenes; Transposon mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; IMIPENEM; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE TRANSPEPTIDASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PEPTIDYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL STRUCTURE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; TRANSPOSON; CELL WALL; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LISTERIOSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

AMPICILLIN; AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL WALL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES;

EID: 0642335108     PISSN: 01371320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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