Prophage association of mef(A) elements encoding efflux-mediated erythromycin resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 445-451

  Giovanetti, Eleonora ^a   Brenciani, Andrea ^a   Vecchi, Manuela ^a   Manzin, Aldo ^a   Varaldo, Pietro E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Streptococcus phages; Tetracycline resistance; Typing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; CLINDAMYCIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; ERYTHROMYCIN; JOSAMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MIKAMYCIN B; MITOMYCIN C; PROTEIN MEF(A); TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FLANKING REGION; EFFUSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPHAGE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SUPERNATANT; TRANSPOSON; VIRUS CAPSID;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENE EXPRESSION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOMYCIN; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROPHAGES; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 17444428958     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dki049     Document Type: Article

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