Role of murE in the Expression of β-Lactam Antibiotic Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1705-1713

  Gardete, S ^a,b   Ludovice, A M ^a   Sobral, R G ^a   Filipe, S R ^b   De Lencastre, H ^a,b   Tomasz, A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; THIOGLYCOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MURE GENE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRUCTURAL GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMS; CELL WALL; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 1542317110     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.6.1705-1713.2004     Document Type: Article

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