mecA is not involved in the σB-dependent switch of the expression phenotype of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus epidermidis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1216-1219

  Knobloch, Johannes K M ^a   Jäger, Sebastian ^a   Huck, Jörn ^a   Horstkotte, Matthias A ^a   Mack, Dietrich ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MECA PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SIGB PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA EXTRACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; OXACILLIN; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGMA FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 14744278649     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.3.1216-1219.2005     Document Type: Article

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