Role of penicillin-binding protein 2 (PBP2) in the antibiotic susceptibility and cell wall cross-linking of Staphylococcus aureus: Evidence for the cooperative functioning of PBP2, PBP4, and PBP2A

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1815-1824

  Łȩski, Tomasz A ^a,b   Tomasz, Alexander ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTIZOXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; METICILLIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 4; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PBPB GENE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTIZOXIME; CELL WALL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 14244254169     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.5.1815-1824.2005     Document Type: Article

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