Capsule homology does not increase the frequency of transformation of linked penicillin binding proteins PBP 1a and PBP 2x in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1591-1592

  Trzciński, Krzysztof ^a   MacNeil, Adam ^a   Klugman, Keith P ^b   Lipsitch, Marc ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 1A; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2X; PENICILLIN G; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PBP GENE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PENICILLINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 16244365823     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.4.1591-1592.2005     Document Type: Article

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